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Flowerstem said to Flower:
- Flower, my sister, cover your
braids and your precious beauty,
otherwise the Sea Siren will not let
you go.
Flower asked her stepmother:
-What is my brother saying?
- He says this, that you have to
undress, and give my daughter this
dress that you are wearing.
Flower undressed, and gave her
stepsister her dress. When they
arrived by the sea, the stepmother
said to Flower:
- Look out, lean out of the coach,
and look at that beautiful woman
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