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hen the King was ready for dinner,
there came down the chimney a table laid for
seven with gold plate and everything that

could be imagined most delicate to provoke
the appetite. The King, however, hesitated to
taste anything; he feared the witches had
cooked the viands at one of their festivals, and
this mode of serving it by the chimney
appeared to him rather suspicious. The buffet
was also set out. Nothing was to be seen but
basins and vases of gold, the workmanship of
which surpassed the material. At the same

time a swarm of bees appeared in crystal
hives, and commenced the most charming
music that can possibly be imagined. The
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