Cinderella: Once there was a gentleman who married, for hissecond wife, the proudest and most haughty woman thatwas ever seen. She had, by a former husband, twodaughters of her own humor, who were, indeed, exactlylike her in all things. He had likewise, by another wife,a young daughter, but of unparalleled goodness andsweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who wasthe best creature in the world. No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over butthe mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors.She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl,and the less because they made her own daughters appearthe more odious. She employed her in the meanestwork of the house: she scoured the dishes, tables, etc.,and scrubbed madam's chamber, and
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