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This new wife had two daughters of her own, thatshe brought home with her, they were fair in facebut foul at heart, and it was now a sorry time forthe poor little girl.
What is that good-for-nothing want in the parlor?Said they, they who would eat bread should firstearn it, away with the kitchen maid.
Then they took away her fine clothes, and gave heran old grey frock to put on, and laughed at herand turned her into the kitchen.
There she was forced to do hard work, to riseearly before daylight and bring the water, to makethe fire, to cook and to wash.
Besides that, the sisters plagued her in all sortsof ways, and laughed at her.
In the evening when she was tired, she had no bedto lie down on, but was made to lie by the hearthamong the ashes, and as this, of course, made heralways dusty and dirty, they called her Ashputtle.
It happened once that the father was going to thefair, and asked his wife's daughters what heshould bring them.
Fine clothes, said the first, pearls and diamonds,cried the second.
Now, child, said he to his own daughter, what willyou have?
The first twig, dear father, that brushes againstyour hat when you turn your face to come homewards, said she.
Then he bought for the first two the fine clothesand pearls and diamonds they had asked for, and onhis way home, as he rode through a green copse, ahazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushedoff his hat, so he broke it off and brought itaway, and when he got home he gave it to hisdaughter.
Then she took it, and went to her mother's graveand planted it there, and cried so much that itwas watered with her tears, and there it grew andbecame a fine tree.
Three times every day she went to it and cried,and soon a little bird came and built its nestupon the tree, and talked with her, and watchedover her, and brought her whatever she wished for.
Now it happened that the king of that land held afeast, which was to last three days, and out ofthose who came to it his son was to choose a bridefor himself.
Ashputtle's two sisters were asked to come, sothey called her up, and said,
Now, comb our hair, brush our shoes, and tie our sashes for us, for we are going to dance at theking's feast.
Then she did as she was told, but when all wasdone she could not help crying, for she thought toherself, she should so have liked to have gonewith them to the ball, and at last she begged hermother very hard to let her go.
You, Ashputtle! said she, you who have nothing towear, no clothes at all, and who cannot evendance, you want to go to the ball?
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And when she kept on begging, she said at last, toget rid of her, I will throw this dishful of peasinto the ash heap, and if in two hours' time youhave picked them all out, you shall go to thefeast too.
Then she threw the peas down among the ashes, butthe little maiden ran out at the back door intothe garden, and cried out.
Hither, hither, through the sky, turtle-doves andlinets, fly! Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay,hither, hither, haste away! One and all come helpme, quick!
Haste ye, haste ye! Pick, pick, pick!
Then first came two white doves, flying in at thekitchen window, next came two turtle-doves, andafter them came all the little birds under heaven,chirping and fluttering in, and they flew downinto the ashes.
And the little doves stooped their heads down andset to work, pick, pick, pick, and then the othersbegan to pick, pick, pick, and among them all theysoon picked out all the good grain, and put itinto a dish but left the ashes.
Long before the end of the hour the work was quitedone, and all flew out again at the windows.
Then Ashputtel brought the dish to her mother,overjoyed at the thought that now she should go tothe ball.
But the mother said, No, no! You slut, you have noclothes, and cannot dance, you shall not go.
And when Ashputtel begged very hard to go, shesaid, If you can in one hour's time pick two ofthose dishes of peas out of the ashes, you shallgo too.
And thus she thought she should at least get ridof her. So she shook two dishes of peas into theashes.
But the little maiden went out into the garden atthe back of the house, and cried out as before.
Hither, hither, through the sky, turtle-doves andlinets, fly! Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay,hither, hither, haste away! One and all come helpme, quick! Haste ye, haste ye! Pick, pick, pick!
Then first came two white doves in at the kitchenwindow, next came two turtle-doves,
and after them came all the little birds underheaven, chirping and hopping about.
And they flew down into the ashes, and the littledoves put their heads down and set to work,
pick, pick, pick, and then the others began pick,pick, pick, and they put all the good grain intothe dishes,
and left all the ashes. Before half an hour's timeall was done, and out they flew again.
And then Ashputtel took the dishes to her mother,rejoicing to think that she should now go to theball.
But her mother said, It is all of no use, youcannot go, you have no clothes, and cannot dance,
and you would only put us to shame, and off shewent with her two daughters to the ball.
Now when all were gone, and nobody left at home,Ashputtel went sorrowfully and sat down
under the hazel tree, and cried out. Shake, shake,hazel tree, gold and silver over me!
Then her friend the bird flew out of the tree, andbrought a gold and silver dress for her,
and slippers of spangled silk, and she put themon, and followed her sisters to the feast.
But they did not know her, and thought it must besome strange princess, she looked so fine and
beautiful in her rich clothes, and they never oncethought of Ashputtel, taking it for granted
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that she was safe at home in the dirt. The king'sson soon came up to her, and took her by the hand
and danced with her, and no one else, and he neverleft her hand, but when anyone else came
to ask her to dance, he said, This lady is dancingwith me. Thus they danced till a late
hour of the night, and then she wanted to go home,and the king's son said, I shall go and
take care of you to your home, for he wanted tosee where the beautiful maiden lived. But she
slipped away from him, unawares, and ran offtowards home, and as the prince followed her,
she jumped up into the pigeon house and shut thedoor. Then he waited till her father came home,
and told him that the unknown maiden, who had beenat the feast, had hid herself in the pigeon
house. But when they had broken open the door theyfound no one within, and as they came back into
the house, Ashputtle was lying, as she always did,in her dirty frock by the ashes, and her
dim little lamp was burning in the chimney. Forshe had run as quickly as she could through the
pigeon house and on to the hazel tree, and hadthere taken off her beautiful clothes, and put
them beneath the tree, that the bird might carrythem away, and had lain down again amid the ashes
in her little grey frock. The next day when thefeast was again held, and her father, mother,
and sisters were gone, Ashputtle went to the hazeltree, and said.
Shake, shake, hazel tree, gold and silver over me.And the bird came and brought a still finer
dress than the one she had worn the day before.And when she came in it to the ball, everyone
wondered at her beauty, but the king's son, whowas waiting for her, took her by the hand,
and danced with her, and when anyone asked her todance, he said as before,
This lady is dancing with me. When night came shewanted to go home, and the king's son followed
here as before, that he might see into what houseshe went, but she sprang away from him all at
once into the garden behind her father's house. Inthis garden stood a fine large pear-tree full
of ripe fruit, and Ashputtle, not knowing where tohide herself, jumped up into it without being
seen. Then the king's son lost sight of her, andcould not find out where she was gone, but waited
till her father came home and said to him, Theunknown lady who danced with me has slipped away,
and I think she must have sprung into the pear-tree. The father thought to himself,
Can it be Ashputtle? So he had an axe brought, andthey cut down the tree,
but found no one upon it. And when they came backinto the kitchen,
there lay Ashputtle among the ashes, for she hadslipped down on the other side of the tree,
and carried her beautiful clothes back to the birdat the hazel-tree, and then put on her little
grave-rock. The third day, when her father andmother and sisters were gone, she went again into
the garden and said. Shake, shake, hazel-tree,gold and silver over me. Then her kind friend the
bird brought a dress still finer than the formerone, and slippers which were all of gold, so that
when she came to the feast no one knew what tosay, for wonder at her beauty, and the king's son
danced with nobody but her, and when anyone elseasked her to dance, he said, This lady is my
partner, sir. When night came she wanted to gohome, and the king's son would go with her,
and said to himself, I will not lose her thistime, but, however, she again slipped away from
him, though in such a hurry that she dropped herleft gold and slipper upon the stairs.
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The prince took the shoe, and went the next day tothe king his father, and said, I will take
for my wife the lady that this golden slipperfits. Then both the sisters were overjoyed to
hear it, for they had beautiful feet, and had nodoubt that they could wear the golden slipper.
The eldest went first into the room where the slipper was, and wanted to try it on,
and the mother stood by. But her great toe couldnot go into it, and the shoe was altogether much
too small for her. Then the mother gave her aknife, and said, Never mind, cut it off,
when you are queen you will not care about toes,you will not want to walk.
So the silly girl cut off her great toe, and thussqueezed on the shoe, and went to the
king's son. Then he took her for his bride, andset her beside him on his horse, and rode away
with her homewards. But on their way home they hadto pass by the hazel tree that Ashputtel had
planted, and on the branch sat a little dovesinging. Back again! Back again! Look to the
The shoe is too small, and not made for you.Prince! Prince! Look again for thy bride,
for she's not the true one that sits by thy side.Then the prince got down and looked at her foot,
and he saw, by the blood that streamed from it,what a trick she had played him. So he turned his
horse round, and brought the false bride back toher home, and said, This is not the right bride,
let the other sister try and put on the slipper.Then she went into the room and got her foot into
the shoe, all but the heel, which was too large.But her mother squeezed it until the blood came,
and took her to the king's son, and he set her ashis bride by his side on his horse,
and rode away with her. But when they came to thehazel tree the little dove sat there still,
and sang. Back again! Back again! Look to theshoe. The shoe is too small, and not made for you.
Prince! Prince! Look again for thy bride, for she's not the true one that sits by thy side.
Then he looked down, and saw that the blood streamed so much from the shoe,
that her white stockings were quite red. So heturned his horse and brought her also back again.
This is not the true bride, said he to the father,have you no other daughters?
No, said he, there is only a little dirty ash-puddle here, the child of my first wife,
I am sure she cannot be the bride. The prince toldhim to send her. But the mother said,
No, no, she is much too dirty, she will not dareto show herself.
However, the prince would have her come, and shefirst washed her face and hands,
and then went in and curtsied to him, and hereached her the golden slipper. Then she took
her clumsy shoe off her left foot, and put on thegolden slipper, and it fitted her as if it
had been made for her. And when he drew near andlooked at her face he knew her, and said,
This is the right bride. But the mother and boththe sisters were frightened,
and turned pale with anger as he took ash-puddleon his horse, and rode away with her. And when
they came to the hazel tree, the white dove sang.
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