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- Should we swap it for a new one?
-Yes – the mother-in-law answered.
So they swapped it. The magician
took the lamp and left. When he was
outside the town, he stroked the
lamp, from which a voice asked him:
-What is your desire ?
- I want that the golden palace be in
the sea, with me inside it together
with the mother and the bride of the
youth.
In the evening the groom came back
and he did not find his bride, or his
mother or the palace. And so, deeply
saddened, he left to look for them.
Along the road, he met an old man,
who asked him:

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