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and another bag full of gold. She
mounted the little horse and went to
her mother. She found her on her
deathbed. She threw herself into her
arms. The mother said, “I have little
time left to live, but I am going to
die happy, because I have managed
to see you again”. A few hours later
the mother died. Maria was left
together with her sisters. The sisters
started to cry, “Alas, my sister! Do
not go away, now we have neither
father nor mother”, the sisters said,
“You can not leave us, because we
are very lonely”. ___

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