Story Walker (行走在故事里的小男孩）

秋石

　　　“She is crying!” Said the little boy but his own eyes were swimming in tears too.
　　　“Yea. Let’s go to help her. But dry your eyes first.” Said the princess and the boy smiled shyly and wiped the tears away.
　　　 “Well. You can’t go in like this.” The princess stood up and said and looked at the little boy for a while and then pointed her magic stick to him and said: change. The little boy was changed into a beautiful bird.
　　　“Oh. What am I?” a little scared, the boy asked.
　　　“Don’t worry. I’ll change you back. We are going to help Cinderella.” With these words, the princess changed her look too.
　　　“Stand on my shoulder.” Said the princess and to the little boy’s surprise, he found he really could fly. He flew to the girl and stood on her shoulder and then the princess went into the house with the little boy. Cinderella was mopping the floor while she was still sobbing. The princess held out her hand and silver dust filled the house, which attracted Cinderella’s attention and she turned up.
　　　“My dear Cinderella. Why are you crying? Can you tell your dear godmother?” said the princess and the boy knew what she was doing at last.
　　　“Oh. Dear godmother. I’m crying because my mother died so early. My stepmother just loves her own daughters I have to do all the housework while they just go to parties. Dear godmother. Please help me.” Said Cinderella. The little boy was so excited to see Cinderella that he moved happily on the princess’s shoulder.
　　　“Keep still.” The princess said.
　　　“What?” but Cinderella asked.
　　　“Oh. My dear Cinderella, I mean just wait here. You’ll be happy. You’ll be the queen of your kingdom.”
　　　“I’ll be the queen?” asked Cinderella, but then she looked at her ragged clothes.
　　　“Don’t worry about your clothes. Dear Cinderella. You are beautiful than any other girls in your kingdom. Just wait. Trust your godmother. The prince will fall in love with you. Now, please receive my blessings.” With these words, the princess held out her hand again and silver dust shone again.
　　　“Wait for news, dear Cinderella. I’ll come again.”
　　　“Thank you, dear Godmother.” Cinderella said but the princess flew out of the house with the little boy, without saying any other word.
　　　“Where are we going now?” once they came out, the little boy asked. He was no longer a shy boy. It’s hard for him not to ask questions when he was in such excitement. Even if I were him, I would ask where we were going!
　　　“To the palace.” Said the prince.
　　　“To tell the prince to hold a ball?”
　　　“That’s right.” Said the princess and then she herself changed into a bird, but once the little boy left her shoulder, he started to cry.
　　　“Help, help!” he shouted.
　　　“Just use your wings like I do.” Watching him, the princess couldn’t help laughing but she said. The little boy then flapped and soon later, he got used to it, but thinking how he acted just now, he himself couldn’t help laughing at himself. What would his classmates say if they knew he was turned into a bird and didn’t know to use his wings? But the princess didn’t seem to like to laugh at him. She just kept on flying, asked him to follow closely. It was really exciting for the little boy to fly as a bird, not like a bird. He was really a bird and it’s better than being in a dream, for in a dream, you sometimes couldn’t fly high or fast or so freely and you couldn’t so truly feel it.
　　　“I’m flying. I’m flying, high in the sky.” He shouted happily. The princess turned back and smiled. She just felt it so amusing to see the little boy in the shape of a little bird, who was so excited and out of joy.
　　　“Watch out. There might be eagles high above your head. They catch small birds.” The princess said jokingly but her words worked. The little boy at once turned up and looked deeper into the sky, but failed to see any eagles and the princess this time laughed louder!
　　　“Look. That’s the palace.” After a long journey, they finally arrived at the palace and the princess said.
　　　“It’s not as beautiful and grand as mine, but it’s still a palace. Cinderella will be happy to live here.” Said the princess and then they flew down towards it. To the princess, such a grand palace might not be so grand, but to the little boy, it’s quite different. He had never seen such beautiful buildings before and they were all castles.
　　　“There must be more than one hundred.” The boy counted quickly and said but before he knew the exact number, they had flown into the palace.
　　　“Come on, that’s the prince’s castle.” Said the princess and flew forward quickly and then they got into the prince’s castle.
　　　“The prince is sitting there, frowning. There must be something in his mind.” Said the princess, “Stay on my shoulder.” They flew into the prince’s room and the princess put on her original look. The little boy quickly stood on her shoulder. Like she did in Cinderella’s house, she held out her hand and golden light filled the room. The prince turned up and he saw a girl standing there high above his head, with an exotic bird on her shoulder.
　　　“Dear prince. I’m your godmother. What makes you so sad?” asked the princess. It’s the first time for the little boy to see a prince and he felt excited again, which made him shake.
　　　“Oh. Dear godmother. My father, the king of this kingdom has got ill. He wants me to get married before he dies. But I don’t like any of the princesses on the pictures.” The prince said and the princess, hearing that, got shocked a little.
　　　“Oh, that hurts!” She said almost to herself, but she knew her job, so she went on.
　　　“Well. I know all the princesses are beautiful, but you need someone else. As your godmother, I’ll help you and I ensure it that you’ll find the one you love.”
The prince’s eyes shone.
　　　“Oh, dear godmother. Thank you. Please tell me where she is. I want to find her.” Said the prince, gratefully.

秋石

　　　“Well, as a prince, you don’t have to find her. She will come to you. Just hold a royal ball. All the beautiful girls of your kingdom will come, and she will come too. She is the beauty all of the beauties and she will wear crystal boots. You’ll fall in love with her the first sight you see her. But then she will go away and you’ll have to find her. My dear prince, I’ll tell all your people the news and all the beautiful girls will come tomorrow evening. My dear prince, are you ready?”
　　　“Yes. I am.” Said the prince, in excitement.
　　　“Then, please accept my blessings. You’ll be happy with her all your life.” With these words, the princess waved her hand and then they disappeared in silver dust.
They came out as birds and flew into the sky.
　　　“Fairy sister. Where are we going now? Are you sure you can tell all the people in this kingdom the news?” once they were out, the little boy asked.
　　　“Sure. I have magic. Watch.” The princess changed back to herself again and took out her magic stick, pointing it to a green tree, whose leaves changed into letters, on which were the announcement that the prince was going to hold a royal ball the next evening.
　　　“Go!” said the princess and all the letters flew away like snowflakes.
　　　“In this way, all the people in the kingdom will know there is a royal ball tomorrow evening and all the girls of the kingdom will come, but Cinderella will be the one to dance with the prince. Let’s go to find Cinderella now.”
　　　They then flew towards Cinderella’s house and when they got there, the stepmother had come back with her two daughters. They got down the carriage and rushed into the house. The taller daughter seemed quite cross. She moved fast, hands holding her dress.
　　　“What’s wrong with her?”  Seeing that, the little boy asked.
　　　“Look. The back of her dress was dirtied. I think that’s the reason why she is so unhappy. Let’s go inside.” As two birds, they flew into the house and the shorter daughter had arrived and she was still in anger.
　　　“Cinderella. How dare you dirt my dress.” The taller daughter stopped in front of Cinderella who was preparing supper and she boxed her ears hard. Cinderella fell onto the ground, touching her right cheek with her hand, watching her stepsister, eyes full of tears, while the other stepsister also came in, standing behind them, laughing in her heart.
　　　“I didn’t. I washed your dress as carefully as possible. It was clean when you went out this afternoon.” Cinderella said in a low voice.
　　　“Then you mean I dirtied it myself?” asked the stepsister and was going to box her ears again, but she jumped back as if she herself was hit by something. The princess used her magic. But the stepsister just got crosser and she just bent over Cinderella, ready to beat her again, but just at that moment, the mother cried behind them.
　　　“Dears, my dears. Wonderful news! Great news! You are going to be queen!” the mother shouted, hands waving excitedly. Her shouting attracted the two daughters’ attention at once.
　　　“What news?” they asked.
　　　“Listen. Our honorable prince is going to hold the grandest ball ever tomorrow evening. The one who he dances with will be the queen of our kingdom. Dears, isn’t it good news? You have to be as beautiful as possible tomorrow. The prince will dance with you and fall in love with you and once the king dies, he will be the king and you will be the queen. How exciting it is!”
　　　“I’ll be the queen.” Said the taller one.
　　　“No, I’ll be the queen.” Said the shorter one, and soon a quarrel began.
　　　“You’ll be the queen. The prince will dance with you. How can I go to the ball? I have no dress. They will not let me go.” Hearing their quarrel, Cinderella thought to herself, but then she remembered what the godmother had said to her.
　　　“Godmother, dear godmother, will you really come and help me?” She crossed her fingers and prayed, but she just heard them shouting to her again.
　　　“What are you thinking? Do you think you will go to the royal ball too? Look at you. You are the ugliest girl and you even don’t have a dress. Get up and clean my dress. If you dare dirt it again, I’ll kill you!” the sister went into her own room to change her clothes but the other one came.
　　　“If you dare clean her clothes, I’ll kill you. I’m going to be the queen, not anyone else!” With these words, she also went into her own room, slammed the door behind her. And the mother came.
　　　“If you dare dirt either of their clothes, I’ll kill you.” the stepmother eyes wide open said in an oppressed voice and then she went into her own room.
　　　“Oh. You both will go to the party. I can’t go. I can’t go. My prince, my prince, how can I go to meet you?” Cinderella said to herself.
　　　“Aren’t you going to say something to her?” tears rushed out of the boy’s eyes again.
　　　“How poor she is.” He said to herself and then he turned to the princess again, “Aren’t we going to say something to her?” he asked again.
　　　“No. Remember. I’m the godmother while we are just birds now. That three hateful woman may come out anytime. Com on, let’s go to the next day.” Said the princess and she used her magic power and just a moment later, the boy saw the two sisters, dressed beautifully, coming out.
　　　“Hurry, hurry, dears, or we will be late for the ball.” He heard the mother urging them, so he knew they were already in the next day. He found Cinderella watching them going, eyes swimming in tears.
　　　“Don’t worry, Cinderella, fairy sister will help you.” he said to himself but Cinderella seemed to be very worried.
　　　“Mother.” He heard her suddenly call.
　　　“What?” the mother turned back and gazed at her.
　　　“Mother, can I go with you? Please.” She said, begging! But the three started to laugh when they heard her words and they laughed so loudly that their hair became untidy.
　　　“How dare you joke like this!” said the taller sister and came to her and boxed across Cinderella’s ears.
　　　“You even don’t have a dress, you ugly thing. Stay at home. I’m going to be the 　queen, not anyone else.” She turned back and joined her sister and her mother. They got into the carriage and disappeared soon. Cinderella at last burst into crying.
　　　“Oh, well, what’s a royal ball? I suppose it would be frightfully dull and, and---completely wonderfully.” She cried and said, “Oh, I wish I could go too. Dear godmother, will you really come and help me?”
　　　“Aren’t we going to help her now?” said the little boy, eyes in tears.
　　　“Yes, we will.” Said the princess and she held out a could of silver dust.
　　　“Yes, my dear.” The princess appeared in the cloud of silver dust.
　　　“My dear Cinderella. Don’t be sad. You are going to be the queen, not anyone else. Pleas follow me!” the princess then took her into the garden, with a bird on her shoulder.
　　　“Dear. You’ll go! I’ll help you!” then she pointed her magic stick to a pumpkin, which became a coach, and then four mice appeared, and they became four horses, and a rat, a jolly coachman with big mustache, and the lizards fancy footmen. Then she pointed her magic stick to Cinderella’s torn dress, which became a beautiful gown. On her tiny feet were delicate crystal boots.

秋石

　　　“Oh, fairy godmother------it’s like a dream come true!” Cinderella shouted joyfully.
　　　“Yes, child. But like all dreams, it can’t last forever. At the stroke of twelve, everything will be as it was before. Remember that you have to leave the ball before midnight, or the prince will find out you are just a dusty girl. And then, I cannot help you. Will you remember my words?”
　　　“Yes. I’ll remember. Thank you, fairy Godmother.” With these words, Cinderella climbed into the magnificent coach and was whisked away to the royal ball.
　　　“Fairy sister, how wonderful it is.” Shouted the little boy once Cinderella got out of sight, “But can we go the ball too?” then he asked in a low voice.
　　　“Yes. I’m afraid we have to. We must remind her of the time and we must find her a real crystal boot.”
　　　“What’s that for?” asked the little boy, but then he understood so he smiled.
　　　“Ok, here we go.” The fairy sister said and became a bird again, flew to the palace with the little boy. When they arrived there, they saw girls in beautiful satin and silk, rushing into the palace.
　　　“Where is Cinderella?” without finding Cinderella, the little boy asked.
　　　“Don’t worry. It’s not always better to be the first one. Sometimes, it’s better to be the last one.” Said the princess, and soon, all the girls rushed into the palace and it became quiet.
　　　“Are you sure she is coming?” worrying about Cinderella, the little boy asked.
　　　“My dear. Count from ten back to one.” Said the princess. Losing no time, the boy started to count, and then he heard noises of a running carriage. Cinderella showed up at last. The guards, who were closing the gate, hearing the noises, stopped and turned back. The little boy at last got relieved. Cinderella got down from the carriage and she looked fabulous, prettier and more graceful than any other girls who had got in.
　　　“Oh, What a beauty. She must be the one our prince is waiting for. Look. She wears crystal boots.” Exclaimed the guards and they ran to Cinderella, leaning forwards.
　　　“The most beautiful girl, please come with me. Our prince is waiting for you.” said the guards, holding out their hands, showed Cinderella the way into the palace. In great happiness, Cinderella held their hands and went into the palace like a princess.
　　　“Oh. She did it. She did it.” cried the little boy, a little shaking.
　　　“So are we going back now?” the princess asked, jokingly.
　　　“Going back? Why?” but the little boy asked.
　　　“Don’t you think we have been in the story for too long a time?“No. I don’t want to go back. I want to see the end of the story. Fairy sister, please. Let’s go into the palace, Cinderella must be dancing with the prince now.” the little boy caught the princess’s hand, shaking and sweating.
　　　“How exciting you are. Ok. Let’s go.” The princess then flew into the palace, with the little boy following her.
　　　“It’s over there.” Pointing to a brilliant building, the princess said. So they went 　there and through the window, they saw hundreds of girls standing there, watching the girl coming in with the guards.
　　　“It’s Cinderella.” Said the little boy. He then turned to the prince who had noticed Cinderella and obviously he was shocked by Cinderella’s beauty and the way she walked and smiled. She was so charming and so pretty and so graceful!
　　　“Go to ask her to dance with you.” the little boy, seeing the prince just standing there, shouted.
　　　“Watch her sisters. They are the most jealous ones.” Said the princess to the little boy who flew in and he heard the two sisters talking.
　　　“It’s Cinderella. Oh. Why is she here? Why does she have such a beautiful gown? No. I must tell the prince the truth. I’ll be the queen, not anyone else.” Said the taller one and she walked to Cinderella with her sister. The little boy got worried. He stopped on the taller sister’s head and danced on it, which frightened her and she shouted out.
　　　“Oh, what’s that? What’s that?” But before she shouted, the little boy had flown away and he suddenly found he had become a guard.
　　　“Thank you, fairy sister.” He said to himself and then shouted.
　　　“Take that girl away, and the one smiling beside her.” His words reminded the guards and they all ran to the two sisters.
　　　“No. No.” the two sisters cried, kicking and scratching. But they were taking away by the guards and they were still shouting.
　　　“I’ll be the queen, not her, not anyone else. I’ll be the queen. I’m the queen.” But it’s of no use. They were taken away.
　　　The little boy, who was a guard then, thought he would be changed into a bird again, but he wasn’t. He stood there, waiting for the princess to find him.
　　　“Are you coming or not?” seeing he wasn’t moving, another guard asked.
　　　“Oh.” He exclaimed, not knowing what to do, but then he followed them.
　　　“Oh. Fairy sister. Where are you now?” he asked in his heart, but got no reply. He came back to the hall with other guards and Cinderella was already dancing with the prince.
　　　“Oh, I missed it.” said the boy. He wanted to be there when the prince asked Cinderella to dance with him, but seeing Cinderella was so happy with the prince, he smiled!
　　　The prince didn’t dance with any other girls, and Cinderella was like a princess, and any others girls there were jealous of her, but they had to acquire that Cinderella was the beauty of them all and they asked each other who she was, but nobody knew, and the only thing they knew was that none of them would be the queen, but Cinderella.
　　　At last, music stopped and they were taking a rest. The prince holding Cinderella’s hand, sat down with her and until then did the princess came to the little boy again.
　　　“Where have you been?” Noticing the bird on his shoulder, he asked.
　　　“Oh. Cinderella didn’t know how to dance, so I have to help her. Now, I’m sure she is a good dancer and there is nothing to worry about now. Come on, we must go.” Said the princess.
　　　“To go where?”
　　　“You forgot? We must find her a real crystal boot! Everything on her will change back after midnight. I want to find a real crystal boot for Cinderella so the prince can find her.”
　　　“Yea. That’s true. Then let’s get going.”
　　　“Hey. You are not a big man yet, but you do talk like a big man.” The princess said and then asked the little boy to go to a corner and changed him into a bird and they flew out.
　　　“How to find a real crystal boot?” in the sky, the little boy asked.
　　　“I have to ask you.”
　　　“Ask me? I have no idea.”
　　　“Have you ever read a story and there is a real crystal boot?”
　　　“Cinderella. Her crystal boot doesn’t change.”
　　　“Oh, you’ll see. If we don’t find her a real one, it will change back. Come on. We have to go back first.” The little boy suddenly felt falling down and when he opened his eyes again, he found he was already in his own room.
　　　“We are back. Why we are back?” vexed, the boy asked.
　　　“Don’t cry. There must be a way, and we must be hurry.”
　　　“Can we go to the end of the story? We can borrow the crystal from Cinderella and then we go back!” thinking of that, the little boy laughed.
　　　“Oh. If there is no boot at all, how can there be one? Come on, you have to write a story with a real crystal boot in and we go into that story and take the real crystal boot out. Hurry, we only have an hour left. Can you make up a story in an hour?” the princess asked, urging him.
　　　“I’ll try.” Said the little boy, picked his pen and exercise book and then thought.
　　　“Oh. I can’t. I don’t know what to write.” But then he said, almost crying.
　　　“Yes. You can. You can. My dear little prince, You can. Cinderella is waiting for us. Try it. Any story.”
　　　“Ok. I’ll try.” The little boy then thought again and at last he had a story.
　　　Once upon a time, there lived a prince. He was handsome and rich. One day, he met a beautiful girl. He fell in love with her, but the girl whose feet were of the size of Cinderella’s was poor. Her mother died early and he had no shoes. The prince then made her a pair of crystal boots. They were beautiful. The girl liked them very much. But the prince had something else to do. He promised he would come back and take her to the palace. The girl nodded and waited for him. But a witch’s daughter knew the story. He wanted to marry the prince too. She came into that girl’s house and stole the boots, and then she changed the girl into a bird while she put on that girl’s looks. The prince came. He took the witch’s daughter away and married her. But every night, in his garden, he heard a bird singing.
　　　“Boots, boots, boots.”
　　　“How annoying it is!” the witch’s daughter knew it’s that girl. She wanted to kill the bird, so she said, “Your majesty. Can’t we just kill her? It’s so annoying.” The prince didn’t know the truth, so he nodded.
　　　“Ok, that’s enough.” The princess stopped him, and held his hand.
　　　“Let’s go.” She said and then went into the boy’s unfinished story. They were in a garden and they heard a bird singing.
　　　“Boots, boots, boots.”
　　　“She is there.” Shouted the boy, happily.
　　　“Yes. Don’t frighten her.” Said the princess and then she turned to the little bird.
　　　“Oh, we are so sorry for you. We know you are the girl the prince loves, not the witch’s daughter. Now, the witch’s daughter wants to kill you. But don’t worry, we can help you.” said the princess and her words silenced the bird, who flew to them and stood on her shoulder.
　　　“We can help you, but we must borrow your crystal boot, one is enough. We’ll return it to you. We must go to help another girl. She needs the boot. Do you want to help her too?” asked the princess and the bird nodded.

秋石

　　　While they were talking, they heard steps towards them.
　　　“They are coming.” Said the little boy and they really saw some people coming to them.
　　　“Don’t be afraid.” said the princess, and soon the prince found them with the witch’s daughter and some guards.
　　　“Who are you?” asked the prince.
　　　“They must be thieves, your highness, we must catch them and kill them.” Said the witch’s daughter.
　　　“What an evil daughter of a witch. Prince, you are cheated. That girl is not the one you really love. She is here. She has been changed into a bird by her. She is a witch’s daughter.” Said the princess but the witch’s daughter shouted.
　　　“Guards, guards, catch them and hang them.”
　　　“My dear prince. I’ll show you something.” The princess then took the bird and threw it into the sky and pointed her magic stick to it and a girl showed up.
　　　“She must be a devil. Your highness, don’t trust her.” Said the witch’s daughter but the princess just smiled.
　　　“My dear prince, haven’t you found she is quite different from what you expect? That’s because she is not the real one. Besides, I have a good idea. Do you still remember that you ever made a pair of crystal boots for the one you love? Just let them have a try. You’ll know who is the one you really love.” The prince agreed, because he also didn’t believe the one he married was the one he actually met. As the prince had agreed, the witch’s daughter had to shut up, so they went to find the crystal boots and let both of them have a try. They were too big for the witch’s daughter, so the prince at last knew the witch’s daughter had turned his love to be a bird and he knew why the bird was singing “boots, boots, boots” all the time.
The witch’s daughter was taken away by the guards. And the girl went to them, holding one of the boots.
　　　“Thank you.” she said.
　　　“Thank you too.” Said the princess and took the boot.
　　　“You’ll live happily together from now on, so long.” The princess then came back with the little boy, with the boot in her hand.
　　　“Ok. We have no time to lose. We must go.” Said the princess and held the little boy’s hand again. Luckily enough, the ball wasn’t over yet. And Cinderella enjoyed herself so much, completely forgetting the time.
　　　“I’m afraid she has forgotten what I have told her.” The princess said, “I guess we must remind her.” The princess then pointed her magic stick to the wall clock, which started to strike. Cinderella at last realized she must go. She seemed worried and left in a hurry, followed by the prince, who failed to catch up with her.
　　　“Go.” The princess gave the boot to the little boy and changed him into a guard again.
　　　The prince looked very sad. The little boy went up to him, with the boot in his hand.
　　　“Don’t be sad, your highness. She has left one of her boots here. I’m sure you can find her. Keep all these girls in the palace. Ask all the other girls in the kingdom to try the boot. In this way, you can find that girl very easily.”
The prince’s sadness got off his face.
　　　“Yes. Do that. Ask all the other girls in the kingdom to try it on. I’ll find her.” Said the prince.
　　　The ball was over and all the other girls who came to the ball had to stay in the palace, but the princess went away with the little boy.
　　　“Oh, how wonderful it is.” Said the little boy, eyes were shining.
　　　“Yes. But we must go to find Cinderella.” Said the princess.
　　　“Why?”
　　　“How can she go home without the carriage? It’s the next day now. The carriage has changed back. Cinderella is walking now.” the boy nodded. They found Cinderella soon.
　　　“Dear. Cinderella.” Said the princess.
　　　“Oh. Godmother. Thank you. Thank you. You have made my dream come true.” Said Cinderella, in wild joy, but then she looked a little unhappy, as if she thought of something.
　　　“Cinderella, what’s in your mind?”
　　　“Oh. Godmother. Now, my sisters have found me. They’ll kill me. I don’t know where to go?”
　　　“Don’t worry. Your sisters are not home yet. I’ll send you back. Just tell them you are in all the time.” With these words, the princess changed Cinderella into a bird again and when they arrived, they heard noises from the carriage.
　　　“They are home.” Said Cinderella, quite worried.
　　　“Don’t worry. Godmother is here.” Said the princess and then she pointed her magic stick to the table, on which several dishes appeared.
　　　“Tell them you are cooking for them. They’ll believe it.” they then hid themselves under the roof and the two sisters came in with their mother, all of whom seemed quite unhappy, but when they saw Cinderella, they were shocked and confused.
　　　“Cinderella, are you in all the time?” asked the taller one.
　　　“Yes. Why?” asked Cinderella.
　　　“I have told you it can’t be her. Look at her! Oh, I even don’t want to look at her twice. How can she be that beautiful girl?” said the shorter one.
　　　“You ruined my life. If it’s not because of you, I’m the queen now.” the shorter one continued.
　　　“You are never going to be the queen. Oh. My dream, my dream will never come true again. I’m so depressed. I don’t want to eat anything now. I’ll cry to my pillow.” The taller sister then went into her own room but the shorter one seemed very angry. She couldn’t release her anger, so she walked to Cinderella.
　　　“Though it’s not you, I’ll feel much better if I do this.” With these words, she held up her hand and was ready to box Cinderella across her ears.
　　　“Stop her.” Said the little boy, but he suddenly found they were already in the next day. Cinderella was gone while several guards were in the room, holding the boot.
　　　“How many daughters do you have?” asked one of the guards.
　　　“Two.” Answered the stepmother.
　　　“Ask them out and try the boot on.” Said another. And the stepmother went into her taller daughter’s room, who wasn’t ready yet. They had heard the news that the girl who danced with the prince ran away near midnight, leaving a boot in the hall and the prince wanted the one whose foot fit the boot to be his wife. All the other girls had tried and the two daughters were waiting for the guards all the time, but just before the guards came, the two sisters dirtied each other’s dress, so they had to change their dresses.
　　　The taller one finally came out and the guards gave her the boot. But it’s too small for her.
　　　“It fits me so well.” She said, exaggeratingly.
　　　“I don’t think so.” But the guards shook their heads and said and the girl started to cry and then ran away.
　　　The shorter one came out.
　　　“I’m the queen.” She said and took the boot, but it’s too big for her.
　　　“Oh, it fits me so well.” She said, but the guards shook their heads again.
　　　“It’s the last family. Are you sure that girl isn’t a fairy? Maybe we should tell the prince so.” Said one of the guards, but another one disagreed. He turned to the mother and asked,
　　　“Are there any other girls in your family?”
　　　“Can I have a try?” but the stepmother said, ready to take the boot.
　　　“I don’t think so.” The guards said, “Just answer my question.”
　　　“Well, no, there isn’t anyone else. I only have two daughters.” The stepmother said but suddenly they heard a voice from the roof.
　　　“That’s not true. Cinderella, Cinderella. There is still another girl. Her name is Cinderella.” It’s the little boy. But the guard just saw a bird flying in the room.
　　　“Is what the bird said true?” asked the guards but the stepmother still hesitated.
　　　“If you don’t tell the truth, we’ll send you to jail.” The guards said and their words worked.
　　　“Yes. Yes. There is another girl, but she is not my daughter. She can’t be that girl.” She said.
　　　“Take her here!” ordered the guards and the stepmother had to go to the back of the house, where Cinderella was cutting woods.
She came to the hall with her stepmother, but the guards shook their heads, after seeing the clothes on her.
　　　“She can’t be.” They said but they still wanted her to have a try. Cinderella, in wild joy, put the crystal boot on and to their surprise, it fit her foot very well, but just at that moment, they heard a terrible cry, and soon later, the taller daughter came out, with her left foot bleeding. She had cut some of the flesh off in order to fit the boot, but when she saw the boot was on Cinderella’s foot and it fit her foot so much, she let out another cry and fainted away.
　　　“Oh. Your majesty, please go back with us. Our honorable prince is waiting for you.” said the guards. But Cinderella frowned.
　　　“I don’t have any nice clothes. I’m afraid the prince-------.”
　　　“Don’t worry about that.” The godmother appeared again.
　　　“My dear Cinderella. The prince loves you, not your clothes. Just go with them. You’ll be happy with the prince forever and ever. But before you go, please accept my blessings.” Said the prince and waved her hand. Silver dust filled the room.
　　　“Thank you, dear godmother.” Cinderella said and went away with the guards.
　　　“So I think we should go back now.” then the princess turned to the little boy and said, who nodded, but then the little boy shouted.
　　　“The boot. We have to return it to that girl.”
　　　“Don’t worry about that. You can finish the story like this: the girl gave the crystal boot to the little boy as a gift. It’s your story anyway.” The little boy then smiled!

昕晴

Sansational !
Come on and we are looking forward to your more wonderful chapters !However,it will be much better if you use more authentic words and expressions and pay more attention to your writing style .

秋石

thank you so much for your suggestins. now i'm reading ebglish novel in order to better mine. i hope you and your friends will give me more suggestions. thank you again.

阿邪

two thumbs up. You are better at writing in English. i like this story. How wonderful it is.

浅草织

it's like my dream.

春暖花开

您的语法啊....

春暖花开

不过写的还不错,而且好有毅力的说...

秋石

语法怎么了？

秋石

欢迎赐教。我语法没怎么学的