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Cinderella is a homely teenage girl who does odd jobs for money. One
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BODIE. Are you afraid of her, Cinderella? I am.
CINDERELLA. No! She sometimes dashes me, but she is a fearful kind lady. She’s very particular about her feet.
BODIE. Is she! In a feminine way?
CINDERELLA. Yes.
BODIE. Hurray! Then I have her. The Achilles Heel! (He is once more jerked down.)
CINDERELLA. I have a spring bed.
BODIE. Ah!
CINDERELLA. The first time I woke in hospital, an angel with streamers was standing there holding a tray in her hand, and on the tray was a boiled egg. Then I thought it was the egg you get the day before you die.
BODIE. What egg is that?
CINDERELLA. In the Workhouse you always get an egg to your tea the day before you die. I know now I’m not the real Cinderella.
BODIE. How did you find out?
CINDERELLA. It’s come to me. The more I eat the clearer I see
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