Then the bird cast down a still more splendid dress than on the day before. And when she appeared in it among the guests every one was astonished at her beauty. The prince had been waiting until she came, and he took her hand and danced with her alone. And when any one else came to invite her he said, "She is my partner." And when the evening came she wanted to go home, and the prince followed her, for he wanted to see to what house she belonged; but she broke away from him, and ran into the garden at the back of the house. There stood a fine large tree, bearing splendid pears; she leapt as lightly as a squirrel among the branches, and the prince did not know what had become of her. So he waited until the father came, and then he told him that the strange maiden had rushed from him, and that he thought she had gone up into the pear-tree. The father thought to himself, "It cannot surely be Cinderella," and called for an axe, and felled the tree, but there was no one in it. And when they went into the kitchen there sat Cinderella among the cinders, as usual, for she had got down the other side of the tree, and had taken back her beautiful clothes to the bird on the hazel bush, and had put on her old grey kirtle again.

那只小鸟来了，它带来了一套比她前一天穿的那套更加漂亮的礼服。 当她来到舞会大厅时，她的美丽使所有的人惊讶不已。 一直在等待她到来的王子立即上前挽着她的手，请她跳起舞来。 每当有人要请她跳舞时，他总是和前一天一样说："这位女士在与我跳舞。"到了半夜她要回家去的时候，王子也和前一天一样跟着她，以为这样可以看到她进了哪一幢房子。 但她还是甩掉了他，并立即跳进了她父亲房子后面的花园里。 花园里有一棵很漂亮的大梨树，树上结满了成熟的梨。 灰姑娘不知道自己该藏在什么地方，只好爬到了树上。 王子没有看到她，他不知道她去了哪儿，只好又一直等到她父亲回来，才走上前对他说："那个与我跳舞的不知姓名的姑娘溜走了，我认为她肯定是跳上梨树去了。"父亲暗想："难道是灰姑娘吗？"于是，他要人去拿来一柄斧子，把树砍倒了一看，树上根本没有人。 当父亲和继母到厨房来看时，灰姑娘和平时一样正躺在灰烬里。 原来她跳上梨树后，又从树的另一边溜下来，脱下漂亮的礼服，让榛树上的小鸟带了回去，然后又穿上了她自己的灰色小外套。