Introduction to the story:
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl who had a vicious stepmother and two bad-hearted sisters. She was often bullied by her stepmother and two sisters, forced to do heavy work and often covered with dust, so she was nicknamed "Cinderella".
One day, the prince in the city held a ball and invited all the girls in the city to attend, but the stepmother and two sisters refused to let Cinderella attend and asked her to do a lot of work, which made her disappointed and sad.
At this time, a fairy appeared to help her transform into a noble darling daughter, and turned the mouse into a groom, the pumpkin into a carriage, and changed a beautiful suit and a pair of crystal (glass) shoes for Cinderella to wear.
Cinderella was very happy and hurried to the palace to attend the dance. Before her departure, the fairy reminded her not to stay until midnight, after which the magic would be automatically lifted. Cinderella agreed, and she attended the dance. As soon as the prince saw her, he was fascinated by her and immediately invited her to dance.
The happy time passed quickly, and it was almost midnight. Cinderella had to leave at once, leaving a glass slipper in a hurry.
The prince was very sad, so he sent a minister to visit the whole country to find out the girl who could wear this glass slipper. Despite the obstacles of his stepmother and sister, the minister succeeded in finding Cinderella.
The prince was very happy, so he proposed to Cinderella, and Cinderella agreed. They lived happily ever after.
The image of Cinderella can be traced back to a very early period. The Greek historian Strappo (Geographical A 1 7, 1.33) once told the story of a Greek girl Lodobis who married Egypt in the1century BC, which is considered as the earliest version of Cinderella.
Lodobis was washing clothes by the stream when suddenly an eagle flew over and grabbed her shoes and left them at the feet of Pharaoh in Memphis. Pharaoh then asked all the women in the country to try on the shoe to see if it fitted, and finally found Lodobis. Pharaoh fell in love with Lodobius and married her.
This story was later seen in Claudius Elian's "Various Historia".
Another version of Cinderella is China's Ye Xian, which was found in Duan Chengshi's novel Youyang Miscellany around 860 AD. In the story, Ye Lim, who is industrious and lovely, keeps a goldfish. The goldfish has a close relationship with Ye Lim, and only when Ye Lim walks to the edge of the pool does he float to the surface and stick his head out.
Later, the goldfish was killed by Ye Lim's stepmother. Ye Lim lifted the fish bones according to the guidance of the gods, so she was able to finally wear decent clothes and secretly attend a festival. When I hurried home, Ye Xian left a shoe behind.
The king of the island country "Tuohan" picked up the shoes and fell in love with Ye Yan to marry her. In addition, there are similar stories in many works such as the Arabian Nights in the middle ages.
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