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queen, having kissed their dear

child without waking her, went

out of the palace and put forth a

proclamation that nobody should

dare to come near it.

This, however, was not

necessary, for in a quarter of an

hour's time there grew up all

round about the park such a vast

number of trees, great and small,

bushes and brambles, twining

one within another, that neither

man nor beast could pass

through; so that nothing could

be seen but the very top of the

towers of the palace; and that,

too, not unless it was a good

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