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got a postilion nor a coachman to take care of them, run quickly to the stable, where the rat-trap is placed, and bring it to me."
Cinderella soon returned with the trap, in which there were two large rats. The Fairy touched them
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both with her wand, and immediately the one was changed into a handsome postilion, and the other into a fine jolly-looking coachman.
Her godmother then said, "My dear Cinderella, you must go to the garden again before I can complete your equipago: when you get there, keep to the ⟨right⟩ side, and close to tho wall, you will see the watering-⟨pole⟩ standing; look behind it, and there you will find six lizards, which you must bring to me immediately."
Cinderella flow to the garden, and found the six lizards, which sho brought to the Fairy. Another touch of the wonderful wand soon converted these animals into six spruco footmen, in dashing liveries, who immediately jumped up behind the carriage, and with ⟨as⟩ much agility as if they had been accustomed to ⟨do⟩ nothing elso all their lives.
The coachman and postilion having likewise takon their places, tho Fairy said to Cinderella, "Well, ⟨my⟩ dear girl, is not this as fino an equipage as you could dosire to go to the ball with? Tell me, now, are you pleased with it?"
"O yes, my dear godmother," replied Cinderella and then, with a good deal of hesitation, added, "but
