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well with the wheel of a mill.The
youth, finding himself imprisoned,
began to cry and despair. When he
could not take any more, he leaned
his head against the wall. There he
found a lamp, from which a voice
said to him:
-What is your desire?
- I want to get out.
- Leave, and whenever you need
anything else, return here: this is
where you will find me.
As soon as the youth was out of the
well, he returned to his mother.
- Why didn’t you stay with the
magician? – his mother asked him.
- Because he had imprisoned me in a
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