When the great day came, Cinderella had to help her sisters dress, and even tried to fix their hair. While she was doing this, they
said to her, "Don't you wish you could go to the ball, Cinderella?"
"Why do you make fun of me?" said Cinderella, sadly, "You know very well that I cannot go."
"You are right," said Euphronia, "Everybody would laugh to see Cinderella at the Prince's ball."