At last the happy day came ; they went to Court , and Cinderella followed them with her eyes as long as she could , and when she had lost sight of them , she fell a-crying . Her godmother , who saw her all in tears , asked her what was the matter . `` I wish I could -- I wish I could -- '' ; she was not able to speak the rest , being interrupted by her tears and sobbing . This godmother of hers , who was a fairy , said to her , `` Thou wishest thou couldst go to the ball ; is it not so ? '' `` Y -- es , '' cried Cinderella , with a great sigh . `` Well , '' said her godmother , `` be but a good girl , and I will contrive that thou shalt go . '' Then she took her into her chamber , and said to her , `` Run into the garden , and bring me a pumpkin . '' Cinderella went immediately to gather the finest she could get , and brought it to her godmother , not being able to imagine how this pumpkin could make her go to the ball . Her godmother scooped out all the inside of it , having left nothing but the rind ; which done , she struck it with her wand , and the pumpkin was instantly turned into a fine coach , gilded all over with gold . She then went to look into her mouse-trap , where she found six mice , all alive , and ordered Cinderella to lift up a little the trapdoor , when , giving each mouse , as it went out , a little tap with her wand , the mouse was that moment turned into a fine horse , which altogether made a very fine set of six horses of a beautiful mouse-colored dapple-gray . 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 .
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