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 .
the coach would be a pumpkin again . her horses , coachman , footmen , and clothes would become just as they were before .
why did the godmother command cinderella not to stay till after midnight ?
why did the godmother command cinderella not to stay till after midnight ?