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«Your majesty, I said that if I were the wife of
the keeper of the royal wardrobe, I would make
clothes for all servants with one piece of cloth
and still have some cloth left over.»
«Prove it to me!» the king exclaimed and
ordered a piece of cloth to be brought. So the
young girl immediately cut out garments for all
the servantsand had some cloth left over.
«Bravo! You’ve passed!» cried the kin, and then
he called the royal wardrobe keeper and said,
«This man is your husband.»
Finally, he turned to the youngest sister and
said, «Now it’s your turn.»
«Your majesty,» she responded, I said that if I
were the king’s wife, I would bear him three
children – two sons with apples in their hands,
and a daughter with a star on her forehead.»
«If what you say is true,» the king stated, «you
shall be the queen. But if it isn’t, you shall die,»
and he married her right away.

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