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While the parrot was saying these
words, they heard that old woman
knocking at the door. She looked as if
she were possessed, claiming that the
Queen absolutely had to come with her
to that feast.
And the parrot went on saying:
- Don't go, you must not go, not at
all.
The old woman, seeing that there
was no way to convince her to come
out, asked the Queen to give her at
least some of her hair. But the parrot
told the Queen to give the witch two
threads from a sieve. The old witch
returned home and made a spell on the
threads, _
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