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festival was held by the king : and
the daughters of the teacher went
to it in fine raiment, and
jewellery, and ribbons, and fine
shoes, and flowers, and perfumed,
with roses and posies. As soon as
they departed, Zezolla ran to the
date-tree, and repeated the verse
taught her by the fairy : and at
once she was arrayed as a queen,
and put on a steed, and twelve
pages followed her, all dressed
with luxury and taste : and she
went where her stepsisters had
gone before her, who knew her
not, and were ready to die with
envy. But as fate __

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