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The ogress presently knew the

voice of the queen and her

children, and being quite mad

that she had been thus deceived,

she commanded with a most

horrible voice, which made

everybody tremble, that next

morning, by break of day, that

they should bring into the

middle of the great court a large

tub, which she caused to be filled

with toads, vipers, snakes, and

all sorts of serpents, in order to

have thrown into it the queen

and her children, the clerk of the

kitchen, his wife and maid; all

whom she had given orders

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