Cerpen Bahasa Inggris - Cinderella story |
Once
upon a time there was a beautiful,
sweet young girl, with blue eyes
and long, blonde hair. She was the
daughter of a rich merchant who loved
her dearly. When her mother died,
her father decided his daughter would
need a good woman to bring her
up and take care of her, and so he married again.
Unfortunately, the stepmother turned out to be greedy and selfish, and her two daughters, the stepsisters
of the beautiful young girl, were
arrogant and envious. Since the merchant
often had to travel, the stepmother and stepsisters began to rule the
household. The young girl was forced always to dress in rags, dirty from dust
and cinders, so much so that
everyone soon began to call her “Cinderella.”
One
day, the son of the king, who wished, to marry, invited all the
young women in the kingdom to a great ball, so
that he could meet them and choose
a wife. In Cinderella's house, they
began to make great preparations:
expensive clothes were purchased,
different hairstyles were tried,
and a selection was made of jewels
to wear. Nothing made Cinderella's
stepmother and stepsisters happy
and she, as usual, served them without a word of complaint. She,
too, had
been invited to the ball, but her stepmother
had refused to take her.
At
last, the long awaited evening arrived:
the stepsisters were transformed, each wearing a beautiful
dress and covered in jewels. Cinderella felt so
unhappy a., she
watched them depart. She too would have loved
to go to the ball, she too would
have loved to wear a silk dress! The poor girl
couldn't hold back her sobs. She cried
so much that the floor was bathed
in her tears, but when she raised
her eyes.... she was face to face
with a beautiful lady. It was her fairy godmother.
“Why
are you crying, little Cinderella?
Do you, too, wish to go to the ball?” the lady asked her.
“The ball is no place for me,” replied Cinderella sadly.
“We'll see about
that. Bring me a pumpkin,”
With
one touch of her magic wand, the
lady changed the pumpkin into a
splendid carriage, she changed four mice
into horses and a couple of lizards into coachmen in
livery.
“Everything is ready,”
said her fairy godmother, “you may go
to the ball.”
“But....
dressed like this?” said Cinderella, pointing to
her rags.
The
fairy godmother sighed. “You're
absolutely right.” With a wave of her wand, the rags
disappeared and Cinderella found
herself wearing a silk dress studded In gold, crystal slippers and
precious jewels: only Cinderella's lovely face needed no change, for now she was happy and smiling.
“Now get in and go,” said
the fairy godmother. “But remember, at the first stroke of midnight, you must
leave the ball. At that moment, my spell will cease to
work: the carriage will again become
a pumpkin, the horses will be mice
again, and the coachmen will become
lizards once more. And you will be the same
Cinderella as before, dressed in
rags.”
The
ball was fabulous. Everyone admired
the unknown princess and the
prince insisted on dancing with her all
evening. Cinderella's heart overflowed with joy,
Then
the clock struck the first stroke of midnight. Cinderella
did not lose a moment. Still smiling, she ran quickly away. The prince ran after her, but could not catch her. The only trace of her that
he found was a little crystal slipper that Cinderella had lost voile running down the palace stairs.
At
the palace the prince was desolate.
He had to find the beautiful girl who
was at the ball, the one who had lost her slipper. There
was a royal announcement: all the young maidens in the kingdom were to try on
the slipper and the prince would marry the girl it fitted perfectly.
The morning after, the
court officials began their search, but not one young maiden
managed to fit into the extraordinary slipper. Finally, the prince arrived
at the merchant's house and both of the stepsisters tried on the slipper. Absolutely useless! It was so small and so delicate that they could not even get their toes into it.
The
prince, who was growing ever more
sad and despondent, was about to
leave when he noticed Cinderella, who
was standing shyly in the background.
“And who are you?” he
asked.
“Oh,
she's only a servant....”
replied the stepmother. But the prince looked
into Cinderella's eyes and, in great
excitement, commanded her to sit down before the
chamberlain. She extended her foot.
The
slipper was a perfect fit. Immediately,
Cinderella was dressed as
she was at the ball. The prince asked
her to be his wife and the marriage
was celebrated that very day. It was
a magnificent ceremony, worthy of their great love.
And
as regards the stepmother and the stepsisters? The
prince might have wanted to punish them for their wickedness,
but Cinderella chose to forgive them. She invited them all to come and live
with her at the royal palace and, soon after, the two stepsisters married
two noble knights of the court. Her stepmother
at last realised the error of her ways and became kind and gentle to everyone.
So the story finished with
the most beautiful
spell of all — they lived happily
ever after.
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