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elegant than the king’s.»
And they did this right away.
«I want you to provide us twenty-four
attendants… and cooks and servants more
splendid than the king’s.»
And everything was done immediately.
When the aunts saw alla this, they were ready
to explode with rage. Just at this time the king
returned from the war, and his subjects told
him all the new of the kingdom, but they
didn’t tell him about his wife and children.
Now, one day, the king went out on his
balcony and saw that there was a palace across
from his that was furnished in a magnificent
manner.
«Who lives there?» he asked, but no one could
answer him. He looked again and saw the
brothers and sister. The brothers had apples in
their hands, and the sister, a star on her
forehead.
«Jesus!» he cried out. «If I didn’t know that
my wife had given birth to three puppies, I
would say that those were my children!»
On another day he stood by the window and
ejoyed the Dancing Water and the Singing
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