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n very little time the two older sisters
became envious of the youngest.
«Look,» they said, «she’s to be queen, and we
must be servants!»
Soon the envy turned to hate.
Meanwhile the queen became pregnant, and two
months before she was to give birth, the king
declared war against another kingdom and had to
depart. But first he placed one of his men in
charge of everything and said: «My wife is about
to give birth. If she has three children – two sons
with apples in their hands and a daughter with a
star on her forehead – she is to be respected as
queen. If not, you’re to write to me, and I’ll telle
you what to do.»
Then he set out for the war.
Well, who were the people the queen trusted
most? They were her sisters, and when she had
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