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that he could never beget just a little
bud, he bolted his door, and shot
with a crossbow at all who came
near.
Then, when a long-bearded pilgrim
was passing that way, not knowing
that the King had turned over a new
leaf, or perhaps knowing it and
wishing to mend it, he went to
Iannone and begged for shelter in his
house. But, with a fierce look and
terrible growl, the King said to him,
"If you have no other candle than
this, you may go to bed in the dark!
Now the kittens have their eyes
open! Mommy is no more here!"
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