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When the sisters found that poor Cinderella was the beautiful princess, they fell on their knees, and entreated pardon for their former cruel behaviour.
Cinderella raised up her sisters, and then freely forgave thom; after which, the officer conducted her to the prince, who was so struck with her beauty, that he solicited her hand in marriage.
Cinderella gave her consent, and the ceremony took place a few days afterwards with great pomp and rejoicing.
The amiable qualities of Cinderella were as conspicuous after as thoy had been before marriage, by which means she retained the love of her husband, and gained the esteem of all who knew her. Although she had been so cruelly used by her two sistors, yet she was so far from resenting thoir ill-treatment, that she sent for them to court; and, by her influence, they were shortly after married to two of the first noblemen in the kingdom.
Cinderella spent a long life, in a state ef felicity which seldom falls to the lot of mortals; nor did she forget to remember with gratitude her friend the Fairy, who had centributed so much to her comfert and happiness.
HOP-O'-MY-THUMB.
There once lived in a village a fagot-maker and his wife, who had a numerous family, all boys; the youngest of whom was of the least size ever seen; for when he was born he was no bigger than a man's thumb, which made him be christened by the name of Hop-o'-my-Thumb. The poor child was the drudge for tho whole house, and always bore tho blame of every thing that was done wrong, though he was far more clover than any of his brothers.
One night when the children were gone to bed, and the fagot-maker and his wife were sitting over a few lighted sticks, lamenting they could not continue to supply their children with food, the husband sighed deeply, and said, "I will to-morrow morning take them to the forest, and leave them in the thickest part of it,
