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you see.
When the princess Parizade had the three things in her hand

which the religious woman had told her of, and she conceived
so great a desire for, she said again to the bird, All thou hast
done for me yet, bird, is not enough; thou hast been the cause
of the death of my two brothers, who ought to be among the
black stones I saw as I came up the hill, and I want to take them
home again with me.
The bird would fain have been dispensed with from satisfying

the princess in this point, and indeed made some difficulty to
do it.
- Bird, - said the princess, - remember you told me that you
were my slave; and, in short, thou art so, and thy life is at my
disposal. I cannot deny the truth, answered the bird; but
although what you now ask of me is a more difficult thing than
all the rest, yet I will do it for you. Cast your eyes about you,
added he, and look if you can see a little pitcher. I see it already,
said the princess. Take it then, said he, and, going down the hill,

spill a little of the water that is in it upon every black stone, and
that will be the way to find your brothers again.
The princess Parizade took up the pitcher, cage, and bird,
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