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he could not withstand the
temptation to gather them, as they
were too precious to lose. And the
princess had time to reach her
home, and to undress as usual. The
man returned to the king, who
said, 'By the bones of my
ancestors, if thou findest not this
lovely being for me, I will give
thee as many kicks on thy backside
as thou has hair in thy beard."
The third festival came : and the
stepsisters having departed,
Zezolla went to the date-tree, and
saying the charmed verse, she was
at once apparelled most
splendidly, and seated in a golden
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