Tattercoats

__The English Cinderella Tattercoat__ Tattercoat lived with her granddad but Tattercoat's granddad hated her because her birth killed her mother, his only child. So Tattercoat grew up on her own, by getting scrap food and rags for clothes from one of the maids of the house. Tattercoat's only friend was her granddad's goose herder who would play his musical pipe and make Tattercoat happy by forgetting her troubles and dancing to the music. One day a letter was sent to the house saying that the king was having a ball to find the prince a wife. So Tattercoat begged her granddad to let her go with him but he would not let her go. So Tattercoat went out to the goose herder and told him the story. He tried to cheer her up with music but nothing worked so finally he took Tattercoat by the hand and started to play his pipe so they both including the geese started to walk the long travel to the ball. On the way to the ball they met a very rich man who was amazed at Tattercoat’s beauty and asked her to marry him many times but Tattercoat told no because she was only a poor little girl and told him to marry one of the ladies at the ball tonight. But the man did not listen and asked her many more times and finally Tattercoat said yes. When they finally got to the ball Tattercoat and the goose herder went in as themselves dressed in rags not fancy clothes. When they got in every one stared in amazement even the king but then Tattercoat saw the man she agree to marry sitting next to the king, he was the prince. So he came down and took Tattercoat’s hand and told the king that she was going to be the one to marry him. And at that moment the goose herder took out his pipe and started to play it and Tattercoat’s clothes began to change into a beautiful dress, her face was cleaned up and her hair brushed. So then the King came down to meet his new daughter and then said to the crowd that Tattercoat would be the new princess. After that the wedding was set and the goose herder never to be seen again, the granddad left because he vowed that he would never look at his granddaughter again so he went back to crying even harder over his lost daughter.

__England__ England is were the story Tattercoats is from and was based on.

Facts on England:

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 * The capital of England is London
 * The official language of England is english
 * The government of England is constitutional monarchy and is being lead by Queen Elizabeth II
 * The population of England is about 51,446,000
 * The currency of England is pound sterling
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History of England People have been in England for about 5,000 years. There were a series of different people who took over the government and ruled the country up to present day rulers like Queen Elizabeth II who is ruling England now. The first rulers were the Romans from 43-410 AD.Next to rule was the Saxons who ruled from 450- 793 AD then the Vikings toook over from 793-1042 AD. After that both the Saxons and Vikings ruled the country from 1042-1066 AD. Then were the Normans from 1066-1485 AD. Next wre the Tudors from 1485-1837 AD. The Victorians were next to rule from 1837-1914. Then england went through the World Wars both of them very disastrous to the country. Then the country came to the present day rulers.

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