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Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who had two handsome boys, and so well looked after were the latter that they grew apace, like the daylight.
The queen never had a child without summoning the fairies to be present at the birth, and she always begged them to tell what its future was to be. When in due course she had a beautiful little daughter -- so pretty that one could not set eyes on her without loving her -- all the fairies came to visit her, and were hospitably entertained. As they were making ready to go, the queen said to them: