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might yield would not be enough to satisfy her
sisters' demands.
'You have not asked me for anything,' said her
father.
'As you are so kind as to think of me,' she
replied, 'please bring me a rose, for there are
none here.'
Beauty had no real craving for a rose, but she
was anxious not to seem to disparage the conduct
of her sisters. The latter would have declared that
she purposely asked for nothing in order to be
different from them.
The merchant duly set forth; but when he
reached his destination there was a law-suit over
his merchandise, and after much trouble he
returned poorer than he had been before._____

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