princess they had seen at the ball. They threw themselves at her feet,
and asked her forgiveness for the ill treatment she had received from
them. Cinderella helped them to rise, and, tenderly embracing them, said
that she forgave them with all her heart, and begged them to bestow upon
her their affection.

Cinderella was then conducted, drest as she was, to the young prince,
who finding her more beautiful than ever, instantly desired her to
accept of his hand.

The marriage ceremony took place in a few days; and Cinderella, who was
as amiable as she was handsome, gave her sisters magnificent apartments
in the palace, and a short time after married them to two great lords of
the court.

PUSS IN BOOTS.

There was a miller who had three sons, and when he died he divided what
he possessed among them in the following manner:--He gave his mill to
the eldest, his ass to the second, and his cat to the youngest.

Each of the brothers accordingly took what belonged to him without the
help of an attorney, who would soon have brought their little fortune to
nothing in law expenses.

The poor young fellow who had nothing but the cat complained that he was
hardly used: "My brothers," said he, "by joining their stocks together,
may do very well in the world; as for me, when I have eaten my cat, and
made a fur-cap of his skin, I may soon die of hunger!"

The cat, which all this time sat listening just inside the door of a
cupboard, now ventured to come out, and addressed him as follows:--

"Do not thus afflict yourself, my good master; you have only to give me
a bag, and get a pair of boots made for me, so that I may scamper
through the dirt and the brambles, and you shall see that you are not so
ill provided for as you imagine."

Though the cat's master did not much depend upon these promises, yet as
he had often observed the cunning tricks Puss used to catch rats and
mice, such as hanging by the hindlegs, and hiding in the meal to make
them believe that he was dead, he did not entirely despair of his being
of some use to him in his unhappy condition.

When the cat had obtained what he asked for, he gaily began to equip
himself; he drew on the boots--and putting the bag about his neck, he
took hold of the strings with his forepaws, and, bidding his master take
courage, immediately sallied forth.

The first attempt Puss made was to go into a warren, in which there was
a great number of rabbits. He put some bran a