Aschenputtel (Cinderella)

The wife of a rich man fell sick, and as she felt her end drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, 'Dear child, be good and pious, and then the good God shall always protect thee.' Then she closed her eyes and departed. The girl went to her mother's grave every day and wept, and she remained pious and good.

When winter came, the snow spread a white sheet over the grave, and by the time the spring sun had drawn it off again, the man had taken another wife. The stepmother brought two daughters into the house, beautiful but with cruel and wicked hearts. They took away the girl's fine clothes and gave her an old grey frock and wooden shoes. They mocked her and scattered peas and lentils into the ashes for her to sort.