想必大家一定對灰姑娘的故事是瞭若指掌,從小聽到都煩了吧?所以前面那些「從前從前...」的我就不多說了,直接從仙杜瑞拉長後開始說起吧!
Everyone must be extremely familiar with the 'standard' story of Cinderella that they could recite it from the start, therefore, I won't trouble myself with the repetition of the cliche "Once upon a time......." and I will start my story from when Cindy has grown up.
仙杜瑞拉雖然從小就和後母相處得不好,可是該有的表面功夫還是有做到的,她和後母雖然都笑嘻嘻地,可是其實笑裡藏刀,常常傳播不實的謠言來毀謗後母~比如說後母如何虐待她之事、以及後母給她取的外號『灰姑娘』等等。仙杜瑞拉是個名符其實的『心機女』,雖然人並非個絕色美女(如下圖所示),可是總是喜歡把自己打扮得花枝招展,好吸引人家的目光;她也時常在鄰居來訪時故意穿著破衣服,讓人家以為她的後母虐待她。可是她的後母是個極度有度量的女人,所以便也不會和年幼的仙杜瑞拉計較。
We all know that Cindy and her stepmother didn't go along very well, however, as respecting elders is considered to be a lost virtue in the new generations, Cindy also respected her stepmother (at least on the surface). Despite her respect she shows in public, she often spread terrible rumours about her stepmother, such as how badly she treated her, and how she called her Cinderella, and so on. As you can see from the picture below, Cindy was not a pretty girl, but she did her best in dressing herself in an over-exaggerated way so as to attract everyone's attention. Often, she deliberately dress herself in rags when the neighbours came to visit so as to misinform them of how harshly her stepmother treated her. However, Cindy's stepmother was a tolerant woman, so she naturally wouldn't fuss over Cindy's attitudes.