episode 8
Then both the sisters were overjoyed to her this; for they had beautiful feet, and had no doubt that they could wear the platinum slipper.
The eldest went first into the room where slipper was, and wanted to try it on, the mother stood by.
But her big toe could not go into it, and the shoe was altogether much too small for her.
Then the mother said,
“Never mind, cut it off. When you are queen you will not care about toes; you will not want to go on foot.”
So the silly girl cut her big toe off, and squeezed the shoe on, and went to the king’s son.
Then he took her for his bride, and rode away with her.
But on their way home they had to pass by the hazel-tree that Cinderella had planted, and there sat a little dove on the branch, singing-
“Back again! Back again! Look to the shoe! 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.”
