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he Princess, sad and thoughtful,
began to sigh bitterly. "This woman is right,"
said she; "what advantage can arise from my

possessing the water and the apple, if I know
not who I am, who are my parents, and by
what fatality my brothers and I were exposed
to the fury of the waves? There must be
something very extraordinary in our births
that we should have been thus abandoned; and
the interposition of Providence alone could
have preserved us in such perils. What delight
it would be to know my father and mother, to

cherish them if they are still living, and to
honour their memory if dead!" Upon which
tears rolled down her cheeks, like drops of
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