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call in the herald!”
First came two noble-blooded princesses,
but their feet were not a fit for the shoe.

Then it was the turn of duchesses, then
baronesses, but none of them could wear the

crystal shoe.
Then the merchants' daughters came to
palace, and among them were Cinderella's

stepsisters, but none of them was able to wear
the shoe. And then the common people came.

A few had feet too big, a few had feet too
small, too thin or too fat. One after the
another, they left the palace as poor as they

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