Cinderella; Or, The Little Glass Slipper, and Other Stories
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Unknown. Cinderella; Or, The Little Glass Slipper, and Other Stories
CINDERELLA; OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER
FANNY’S TELEPHONE ORDER
THE RAINDROPS’ NEW DRESSES
SIR GOBBLE
WHAT IS IT?
JOHN’S BRIGHT IDEA
A SAD THANKSGIVING PARTY
GUY AND THE BEE
A MEAN BOY
A NAUGHTY PUMPKIN’S FATE
SOMETHING ABOUT FIRES
THE ICE-KING’S REIGN
MALMO, THE WOUNDED RAT
MAMA’S HAPPY CHRISTMAS
CURED OF CARELESSNESS
A VISIT FROM A PRINCE
STRINGING CRANBERRIES
CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA
A TROUBLESOME CALL
BERTIE’S CORN-POPPER
FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!!
THE DOLLS AND THE OTHER DOLLS
WHY DID MAMMA CHANGE HER MIND?
CLARA’S “FUNERAL.”
THE CHICKADEE-DEE
THE CHILDREN’S PARTY
BRAVE TOMASSO
TOMMY FROST SEES A BEAR
MYSELF
TWO STRANGE SIGHTS
A CAT’S INSTINCTS
DINAH’S NEW YEAR’S PRESENT
NIGHT FLOWERS
THE FIRST SNOW-STORM
FRED’S STOLEN RIDE
A VALENTINE PARTY
THE VENTURESOME RAT
THE BEARS’ FEAST
PATTY-SAYINGS
BABIE’S CURLS
THE RED APPLES
BUBBLES
A HORSE WHO WORE SNOW SHOES
THE ANGRY BOBOLINK
HOW HIRAM SPENT HIS SHRIMP MONEY
THE ANT’S HOUSE
THE FOOLISH PUG
THE SILHOUETTE PARTY
THE SNOW BIRDS
A KIND HEART
TOWSER TALKS
JUST AS SHE PLEASED
THE WORKING TOOLS OF INSECTS
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She would listen with great interest when she saw her mother use the telephone. She was especially surprised when her mother ordered things, and later in the day they would be brought to the house.
“I wish I had a telephone of my own,” she said to her papa. “Mama just puts her mouth up to that funny thing, and gets whatever she asks for. Yesterday she asked somebody to send us ice-cream for dinner, and sure enough, it came.”
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“Ask for something before I go down-town,” said papa.
“Please send me some peppermints, and some new shoes for my doll, and a bunch of pansies for my mama, and a new bicycle for my papa, and—and—that’s all this time. Good-bye.”
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