Noono's Corner

  Once upon a time, there lived a rich merchant, named Snefru, in a place called Manf / Memphis. Snefru lived with his wife and daughter, Rhodopis or  Radobee. When Radobee's mother felt her death approaching, she said to Radobee, “You're so pretty. After my death, your father will remarry and give birth to more daughters, and those daughters will be jealous of you.” Then she gave Radobee a wooden box. There was a necklace of Hathor and very special shoes—golden sandals. Because the shoes only fit her feet, her mother promised those sandals and necklace would protect her from harm. She told Radobee to take good care of them. After her mother’s death, her father did indeed marry another woman. The stepmother and her daughters mistreated Radobee. Meanwhile, the king held a big party to find a good wife for his son to carry on the royal lineage. However, the evil new stepmother locked Radobee in her room and sent her own daughters off to the party. While Radobee was bathing in the