CINDERELLA
ONCE there was a gentleman who married, for his second
wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen. She had, by a
former husband, two daughters of her own humor, who were, indeed, exactly like
her in all things. He had likewise, by another wife, a young daughter, but of
unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother,
who was the best creature in the world.
No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over but the
mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors. She could not bear the
good qualities of this pretty girl, and the less because they made her own
daughters appear the more odious. She employed her in the meanest work of the
house: she scoured the dishes, tables, etc., and scrubbed madam's chamber, and
those of misses, her daughters; she lay up in a sorry garret, upon a wretched
straw bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms, with floors all inlaid, upon
beds of the very newest fashion, and where they had looking-glasses so large
that they might see themselves at their full length from head to foot.
The poor girl bore all patiently, and dared not tell her
father, who would have rattled her off; for his wife governed him entirely.
When she had done her work, she used to go into the chimney-corner, and sit
down among cinders and ashes, which made her commonly be called Cinderwench;
but the youngest, who was not so rude and uncivil as the eldest, called her
Cinderella. However, Cinderella, notwithstanding her mean apparel, was a hundred
times handsomer than her sisters, though they were always dressed very richly.
It happened that the King's son gave a ball, and invited
all persons of fashion to it. Our young misses were also invited, for they cut
a very grand figure among the quality. They were mightily delighted at this
invitation, and wonderfully busy in choosing out such gowns, petticoats, and
head-clothes as might become them. This was a new trouble to Cinderella; for it
was she who ironed her sisters' linen, and plaited their ruffles; they talked
all day long of nothing but how they should be dressed.
"For my part," said the eldest, "I will
wear my red velvet suit with French trimming."
"And I," said the youngest, "shall have my
usual petticoat; but then, to make amends for that, I will put on my gold-
flowered manteau, and my diamond stomacher, which is far from being the most
ordinary one in the world." They sent for the best tire-woman they could
get to make up their head-dresses and adjust their double pinners, and they had
their red brushes and patches from Mademoiselle de la Poche.
Cinderella was likewise called up to them to be consulted
in all these matters, for she had excellent notions, and advised them always
for the best, nay, and offered her services to dress their heads, which they
were very willing she should do. As she was doing this, they said to her:
"Cinderella, would you not be glad to go to the
ball?"
"Alas!" said she, "you only jeer me; it is
not for such as I am to go thither."
"Thou art in the right of it," replied they;
"it would make the people laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball."
Anyone but Cinderella would have dressed their heads
awry, but she was very good, and dressed them perfectly well They were almost
two days without eating, so much were they transported with joy. They broke
above a dozen laces in trying to be laced up close, that they might have a fine
slender shape, and they were continually at their looking-glass. At last the
happy day came; they went to Court, and Cinderella followed them with her eyes
as long as she could, and when she had lost sight of them, she fell a-crying.
Her godmother, who saw her all in tears, asked her what
was the matter.
"I wish I could--I wish I could--"; she was not
able to speak the rest, being interrupted by her tears and sobbing. This
godmother of hers, who was a fairy, said to her, "Thou wishest thou
couldst go to the ball; is it not so?"
"Y--es," cried Cinderella, with a great sigh.
"Well," said her godmother, "be but a good
girl, and I will contrive that thou shalt go." Then she took her into her
chamber, and said to her, "Run into the garden, and bring me a
pumpkin."
Cinderella went immediately to gather the finest she
could get, and brought it to her godmother, not being able to imagine how this
pumpkin could make her go to the ball. Her godmother scooped out all the inside
of it, having left nothing but the rind; which done, she struck it with her
wand, and the pumpkin was instantly turned into a fine coach, gilded all over
with gold.
She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she
found six mice, all alive, and ordered Cinderella to lift up a little the
trapdoor, when, giving each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand,
the mouse was that moment turned into a fine horse, which altogether made a
very fine set of six horses of a beautiful mouse-colored dapple- gray. Being at
a loss for a coachman,
"I will go and see," says Cinderella, "if
there is never a rat in the rat-trap--we may make a coachman of him."
"Thou art in the right," replied her godmother;
"go and look."
Cinderella brought the trap to her, and in it there were
three huge rats. The fairy made choice of one of the three which had the
largest beard, and, having touched him with her wand, he was turned into a fat,
jolly coach- man, who had the smartest whiskers eyes ever beheld. After that,
she said to her:
"Go again into the garden, and you will find six
lizards behind the watering-pot, bring them to me."
She had no sooner done so but her godmother turned them into
six footmen, who skipped up immediately behind the coach, with their liveries
all bedaubed with gold and silver, and clung as close behind each other as if
they had done nothing else their whole lives. The Fairy then said to
Cinderella: "Well, you see here an equipage fit to go to
the ball with; are you not pleased with it?"
"Oh! yes," cried she; "but must I go
thither as I am, in these nasty rags?"
Her godmother only just touched her with her wand, and,
at the same instant, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all
beset with jewels. This done, she gave her a pair of glass slippers, the
prettiest in the whole world. Being thus decked out, she got up into her coach;
but her godmother, above all things, commanded her not to stay till after
midnight, telling her, at the same time, that if she stayed one moment longer,
the coach would be a pumpkin again, her horses mice, her coachman a rat, her
footmen lizards, and her clothes become just as they were before.
She promised her godmother she would not fail of leaving
the ball before midnight; and then away she drives, scarce able to contain
herself for joy. The King's son who was told that a great princess, whom nobody
knew, was come, ran out to receive her; he gave her his hand as she alighted
out of the coach, and led her into the ball, among all the company. There was
immediately a profound silence, they left off dancing, and the violins ceased
to play, so attentive was everyone to contemplate the singular beauties of the
unknown new-comer. Nothing was then heard but a confused noise of:
"Ha! how handsome she is! Ha! how handsome she
is!"
The King himself, old as he was, could not help watching
her, and telling the Queen softly that it was a long time since he had seen so
beautiful and lovely a creature.
All the ladies were busied in considering her clothes and
headdress, that they might have some made next day after the same pattern,
provided they could meet with such fine material and as able hands to make
them. The King's son conducted her to the most honorable seat, and afterward
took her out to dance with him; she danced so very gracefully that they all
more and more admired her. A fine collation was served up, whereof the young
prince ate not a morsel, so intently was he busied in gazing on her.
She went and sat down by her sisters, showing them a
thousand civilities, giving them part of the oranges and citrons which the
Prince had presented her with, which very much surprised them, for they did not
know her. While Cinderella was thus amusing her sisters, she heard the clock
strike eleven and three-quarters, whereupon she immediately made a courtesy to
the company and hasted away as fast as she could.
When she got home she ran to seek out her godmother, and,
after having thanked her, she said she could not but heartily wish she might go
next day to the ball, because the King's son had desired her.
As she was eagerly telling her godmother whatever had
passed at the ball, her two sisters knocked at the door, which Cinderella ran
and opened.
"How long you have stayed!" cried she, gaping,
rubbing her eyes and stretching herself as if she had been just waked out of
her sleep; she had not, however, any manner of inclination to sleep since they
went from home.
"If thou hadst been at the ball," said one of
her sisters, "thou wouldst not have been tired with it. There came thither
the finest princess, the most beautiful ever was seen with mortal eyes; she
showed us a thousand civilities, and gave us oranges and citrons."
Cinderella seemed very indifferent in the matter; indeed,
she asked them the name of that princess; but they told her they did not know
it, and that the King's son was very uneasy on her account and would give all
the world to know who she was. At this Cinderella, smiling, replied:
"She must, then, be very beautiful indeed; how happy
you have been! Could not I see her? Ah! dear Miss Charlotte, do lend me your
yellow suit of clothes which you wear every day."
"Ay, to be sure!" cried Miss Charlotte;
"lend my clothes to such a dirty Cinderwench as thou art! I should be a
fool." Cinderella, indeed, expected well such answer, and was very glad of
the refusal; for she would have been sadly put to it if her sister had lent her
what she asked for jestingly.
The next day the two sisters were at the ball, and so was
Cinderella, but dressed more magnificently than before. The King's son was
always by her, and never ceased his compliments and kind speeches to her; to
whom all this was so far from being tiresome that she quite forgot what her
godmother had recommended to her; so that she, at last, counted the clock
striking twelve when she took it to be no more than eleven; she then rose up
and fled, as nimble as a deer. The Prince followed, but could not overtake her.
She left behind one of her glass slippers, which the Prince took up most
carefully. She got home but quite out of breath, and in her nasty old clothes,
having nothing left her of all her finery but one of the little slippers,
fellow to that she dropped. The guards at the palace gate were asked:
If they had not seen a princess go out.
Who said: They had seen nobody go out but a young girl,
very meanly dressed, and who had more the air of a poor country wench than a
gentlewoman.
When the two sisters returned from the ball Cinderella
asked them: If they had been well diverted, and if the fine lady had been
there.
They told her: Yes, but that she hurried away immediately
when it struck twelve, and with so much haste that she dropped one of her
little glass slippers, the prettiest in the world, which the King's son had
taken up; that he had done nothing but look at her all the time at the ball,
and that most certainly he was very much in love with the beautiful person who
owned the glass slipper.
What they said was very true; for a few days after the
King's son caused it to be proclaimed, by sound of trumpet, that he would marry
her whose foot the slipper would just fit. They whom he employed began to try
it upon the princesses, then the duchesses and all the Court, but in vain; it
was brought to the two sisters, who did all they possibly could to thrust their
foot into the slipper, but they could not effect it. Cinderella, who saw all
this, and knew her slipper, said to them, laughing:
"Let me see if it will not fit me."
Her sisters burst out a-laughing, and began to banter
her. The gentleman who was sent to try the slipper looked earnestly at
Cinderella, and, finding her very handsome, said:
It was but just that she should try, and that he had
orders to let everyone make trial.
He obliged Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the
slipper to her foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it
had been made of wax. The astonishment her two sisters were in was excessively
great, but still abundantly greater when Cinderella pulled out of her pocket
the other slipper, and put it on her foot. Thereupon, in came her godmother,
who, having touched with her wand Cinderella's clothes, made them richer and
more magnificent than any of those she had before.
And now her two sisters found her to be that fine,
beautiful lady whom they had seen at the ball. They thre themselves at her feet
to beg pardon for all the ill- treatment they had made her undergo. Cinderella
took them up, and, as she embraced them, cried:
That she forgave them with all her heart, and desired
them always to love her.
She was conducted to the young prince, dressed as she
was; he thought her more charming than ever, and, a few days after, married
her. Cinderella, who was no less good than beautiful, gave her two sisters
lodgings in the palace.
Ducati
In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos has been sold, in
collaboration with SIATA, the Ducati firm finally offered its own
Cucciolo-based motorcycle. This first Ducati motorcycle was a 60 cc bike
weighing 98 lb (44 kg) with a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h) had a 15 mm
carburetor giving just under 200 mpg-US (1.2 L/100 km; 240 mpg-imp). Ducati
soon dropped the Cucciolo name in favor of "55M" and
"65TL".
In 1993, Miguel Angel Galuzzi introduced the Ducati
Monster,[20] a naked bike with exposed trellis and engine. Today the Monster
accounts for almost half of the company's worldwide sales. The Monster has
undergone the most changes of any motorcycle that Ducati has ever produced.
In 1993, Pierre Terblanche, Massimo Bordi and Claudio
Domenicali designed the Ducati Supermono . A 550 cc single-cylinder lightweight
"Catalog Racer". Only 67 were built between 1993 and 1997.
In 1994, the company introduced the Ducati 916 model
designed by Massimo Tamburini,[21] a water-cooled version that allowed for
higher output levels and a striking new bodywork that featured aggressive
lines, an underseat exhaust, and a single-sided swingarm. Ducati has since
ceased production of the 916, supplanting it (and its progeny, the 748, 996 and
998) with the 749 and 999.
Ducati (in its various incarnations) has produced several
styles of motorcycle engines, including varying the number of cylinders, type
of valve actuation and fuel delivery. Ducati is best known for its V-twin
engine, called a L-twin by the company, which is the powerplant in the majority
of Ducati-marqued motorcycles. Ducati has also manufactured engines with one,
two, three or four cylinders; operated by pull rod valves and push rod valves;
single, double and triple overhead camshafts; two-stroke and even at one stage
manufactured small diesel engines, many of which were used to power boats,
generators, garden machinery and emergency pumps (for example, for fire
fighting). The engines were the IS series from 7 to 22 hp (5.2 to 16 kW)
air-cooled and the larger twin DM series water- and air-cooled. The engines
have been found in all parts of the globe. Wisconsin Diesel even assembled and
'badge engineered' the engines in the USA. They have also produced outboard
motors for marine use. Currently, Ducati makes no other engines except for its
motorcycles.
On current Ducati motors except for the Desmosedici, the
valves are actuated by a standard valve cam shaft which is rotated by a timing
belt driven by the motor directly. The teeth on the belt keep the camshaft
drive pulleys indexed. On older Ducati motors, prior to 1986, drive was by
solid shaft that transferred to the camshaft through bevel-cut gears. This
method of valve actuation was used on many of Ducati's older single-cylinder
motorcycles — the shaft tube is visible on the outside of the cylinder.
Ducati is also famous for using the desmodromic valve system
championed by engineer and designer Fabio Taglioni though they have also used
engines that use valve springs to close their valves. In the early days, Ducati
reserved the desmodromic valve heads for its higher performance bikes and its
race bikes. These valves do not suffer from valve float at high engine speeds,
thus a desmodromic engine is capable of far higher revolutions than a similarly
configured engine with traditional spring-valve heads.
In the 1960s and 1970s Ducati produced a wide range of small
two-stroke bikes, mainly sub-100 cc capacities. Large quantities of some models
were exported to the U.S. A key part of Ducati's marketing strategy since the
1990s has been fostering a distinct community identity in connection with
branding efforts, including online communities, and local, regional and
national Ducati enthusiast clubs
The company has won 13 rider's world championships since the
championship's inception in 1988. It has been argued that Ducati has amassed
more wins than any other manufacturer because the rules are deliberately set to
favour their bikes through manufacturer lobbying; this, of course, is a matter
of dispute.[45] In 2006, Troy Bayliss' championship winning 999R was quoted to
have 10 to 15 hp (7.5 to 11 kW) less than the Japanese four-cylinder rivals,
despite the fact that the Ducati V-twin had less limitations imposed for tuning
its engine (afforded due to the two-cylinder configuration).
Ducati Monster
Ever since its first appearance the Monster has been an
undisputed Italian-made icon, a symbol of Ducati’s unique history and the
embodiment of a winning ‘less is more’ philosophy. Its seductive, essential
lines represent an extraordinary balance between sports performance, sheer
riding pleasure and awesome design. The Monster 795 is the definitive naked
sports bike and a lifestyle icon of unmatched brilliance.
Ducati Panigale
The 1199 Panigale has been released and we are accepting
orders. In the world of motorcycling, the name Borgo Panigale evokes images of
the red rockets built in the Ducati factory. Ducati motorcycles brought
worldwide fame to this small Bologna neighbourhood. The history of Ducati has
been analysed from every angle, but no one knows the history of Borgo
Panigale... Today, Borgo Panigale looks like a lot of other urban areas
surrounding Bologna - what were once endless fields and countryside is now a
sprawling residential and business centre.
SIMPLE PERFECT
1.
Who would have rattled her off; for his wife
governed him entirely.
2.
Anyone but Cinderella would have dressed their
heads awry, but she was very good, and dressed them perfectly well They were
almost two days without eating, so much were they transported with joy.
3.
shall have my usual petticoat; but then, to make
amends for that, I will put on my gold- flowered manteau, and my diamond
stomacher, which is far from being the most ordinary one in the world.
4.
that they might have a fine slender shape
5.
How long you have stayed
6.
The Monster has undergone the most changes of
any motorcycle that Ducati has ever produced.
7.
Ducati has since ceased production of the 916,
supplanting it (and its progeny, the 748, 996 and 998) with the 749 and 999.
8.
Ducati (in its various incarnations) has
produced several styles of motorcycle engines
9.
Ducati has also manufactured engines with one,
two, three or four cylinders
10.
They have also produced outboard motors for
marine use.
1.
thou wouldst not have been tired with it
2.
She must, then, be very beautiful indeed; how
happy you have been! Could not I see her? Ah! dear Miss Charlotte, do lend me
your yellow suit of clothes which you wear every day
3.
Cinderella, indeed, expected well such answer,
and was very glad of the refusal; for she would have been sadly put to it if
her sister had lent her what she asked for jestingly
4.
The engines have been found in all parts of the
globe
5.
A key part of Ducati's marketing strategy since
the 1990s has been fostering a distinct community identity in connection with
branding efforts, including online communities, and local, regional and
national Ducati enthusiast clubs
6.
It has been argued that Ducati has amassed more
wins than any other manufacturer because the rules are deliberately set to
favour their bikes through manufacturer lobbying
7.
In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos has
been sold, in collaboration with SIATA
8.
Ever since its first appearance the Monster has
been an undisputed Italian-made icon, a symbol of Ducati’s unique history and
the embodiment of a winning ‘less is more’ philosophy
9.
The 1199 Panigale has been released and we are
accepting orders.
10.
The history of Ducati has been analysed from
every angle, but no one knows the history of Borgo Panigale
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