灰姑娘(簡縮英文版）
Cinderella is a beautiful girl. She has two ugly stepsisters. They are not kind to Cinderella. Cinderella does all of the work. She must cook, clean and do everything.
Cinderella can't go to the party because she doesn't have beautiful clothes. Her stepsisters have beautiful clothes. They look very happy. Cinderella is very sad.
Cinderella's stepsisters leave the house. They are going to the prince's party. Cinderella cries. She also wants to go to the party. Suddenly, a woman shows up. She is a kind fairy.
"Don't worry," says the fairy. "You can go to the prince's party." "I can't go," cries Cinderella. "I don't have a nice dress."
"It will be all right," says the fairy. "Go get a pumpkin, six mice and a rat." Cinderella quickly finds them. "What will you do?" Cinderella asks. The fairy waves her wand over the pumpkin.
The pumpkin is now a beautiful silver coach. The fairy waves her wand over the six mice. She changes them into six strong men. The six men will walk with the coach. Then the fairy changes the rat into a man. He is the driver of the coach.
The coach is beautiful, but Cinderella still looks sad. "I still can't go to the party. My dress is too ugly," she says. "Don't worry," says the fairy. She waves her wand and makes Cinderella's dress beautiful.
Now Cinderella has a nice dress. It is gold and very pretty. Her shoes are made of glass. Cinderella is so beautiful. She can go to the party.
"You must leave the party before twelve o'clock," says the fairy. "At 12:00 the magic will end."
"I will be back before twelve o'clock," says Cinderella. She gets into the coach to go to the party.
The prince's palace is full of people. They are all happy to be at the big party. All the girls want to marry the prince. Then Cinderella walks into the palace. "Who is she?" everyone asks. "She's so beautiful," they say.
The prince sees Cinderella. He asks her to dance with him. All night long they dance and talk. The prince and Cinderella fall in love. At twelve o'clock, Cinderella runs out of the palace.
Cinderella runs and loses one of her glass shoes. She must get home before twelve. She is late. She runs into the house. Now, she is wearing her old dress again.
The prince finds Cinderella's shoe. "I know this shoe. It belongs to that beautiful girl. I'll find her," he says. The next morning, he goes from house to house to find her. He goes to Cinderella's house. The two ugly stepsisters try on the shoe, but their feet are too big.
"Can I try it on?" asks Cinderella. "Yes," the prince says, so Cinderella tries the shoe on. It fits her foot. "I have found my princess," the prince says. Soon Cinderella and the prince get married. They live happily ever after.
作者 格林兄弟（德語：Brüder Grimm或Die Gebrüder Grimm）是雅各布·格林（1785年1月4日－1863年9月20日）和威廉·格林（1786年2月24日－1859年12月16日）兄弟兩人的合稱。
他們是德國19世紀著名的歷史學家，語言學家，民間故事和古老傳說的搜集者。兩人因經歷相似，興趣相近，合作研究語言學、搜集和整理民間童話與傳說，故稱“格林兄弟”。他們共同整理了銷量僅次于《圣經》的 ”最暢銷的德文作品“——《格林童話》。
朗誦：潔白，中學英語高級教師。中國互聯(lián)網朗誦聯(lián)盟會員。喜歡朗讀，希望通過自己的聲音向世界傳播中國文化，講好中國故事。
