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it was a ruinous old castle, haunted
by spirits.
Others, that all the sorcerers
and witches of the country kept
there their sabbath or night's
meeting.
The common opinion was that
an ogre lived there, and that he
carried thither all the little
children he could catch, that he
might eat them up at his leisure,
without anybody being able to
follow him, as having himself only
thepowertopassthroughthewood.
The prince was at a stand, not
knowing what to believe, when a
very good countryman spake to
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