Being at a loss for a coachman , `` I will go and see , '' says Cinderella , `` if there is never a rat in the rat-trap -- we may make a coachman of him . '' `` Thou art in the right , '' replied her godmother ; `` go and look . '' Cinderella brought the trap to her , and in it there were three huge rats . The fairy made choice of one of the three which had the largest beard , and , having touched him with her wand , he was turned into a fat , jolly coachman , who had the smartest whiskers eyes ever beheld . After that , she said to her : `` Go again into the garden , and you will find six lizards behind the watering-pot , bring them to me . '' She had no sooner done so but her godmother turned them into six footmen , who skipped up immediately behind the coach , with their liveries all bedaubed with gold and silver , and clung as close behind each other as if they had done nothing else their whole lives . The Fairy then said to Cinderella : `` Well , you see here an equipage fit to go to the ball with ; are you not pleased with it ? '' `` Oh ! yes , '' cried she ; `` but must I go thither as I am , in these nasty rags ? '' Her godmother only just touched her with her wand , and , at the same instant , her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver , all beset with jewels . This done , she gave her a pair of glass slippers , the prettiest in the whole world . Being thus decked out , she got up into her coach ; but her godmother , above all things , commanded her not to stay till after midnight , telling her , at the same time , that if she stayed one moment longer , the coach would be a pumpkin again , her horses mice , her coachman a rat , her footmen lizards , and her clothes become just as they were before . She promised her godmother she would not fail of leaving the ball before midnight ; and then away she drives , scarce able to contain herself for joy . The King 's son who was told that a great princess , whom nobody knew , was come , ran out to receive her ; he gave her his hand as she alighted out of the coach , and led her into the ball , among all the company . There was immediately a profound silence , they left off dancing , and the violins ceased to play , so attentive was everyone to contemplate the singular beauties of the unknown new-comer . Nothing was then heard but a confused noise of : `` Ha ! how handsome she is ! Ha ! how handsome she is ! '' The King himself , old as he was , could not help watching her , and telling the Queen softly that it was a long time since he had seen so beautiful and lovely a creature .
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