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Once upon a time there was a king and a queen, who were very sorry that / they had no children, -- so sorry that it cannot be told.
At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine / christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies / they could find in the whole kingdom (there were seven of them), so that / every one of them might confer a gift upon her, as was the custom of / fairies in those days. By this means the Princess had all the / perfections imaginable.