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and everything will go well.»
Since the young man was always very familiar
with the way, he was soon in the palace. He
found the garden and the bird, which
immediately exclaimed, «What’s the matter
cavalier? Have you come for me? Have you
come to pick my feather? You won’t get it. Your
aunts have sent you to your death, and you must
remain here. Your mother has been sent to the
treadmill.»
«My mother is in the treadmill?» cried the
young man, and no sooner did he utter these
words than he became a statue like the others.
When the sister looked at her ring, she saw that
it had become misty.
«Ah!» she exclaimed.
So now her other brother departed, and when
he came to the first hermit, the old man asked,
«Where are you going, cavalier?»
«I’m going to fetch theTalking Bird.»
«You’re heading for your death, my son. But
keep on traveling until you meet a hermit older
than I.»
So he continued traveling until he came to the
second hermit, who said the same thing. Finally,
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