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began to give their gifts to the

princess. The youngest gave her

for gift that she should be the

most beautiful person in the

world; the next, that she should

have the wit of an angel; the

third, that she should have a

wonderful grace in everything

she did; the fourth, that she

should dance perfectly well; the

fifth, that she should sing like a

nightingale; and the sixth, that

she should play all kinds of music

to the utmost perfection.

The old fairy's turn coming

next, with a head shaking more

with spite than age, she said that

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