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fear, because she had heard that the fairies
mistreated people, and whoever went to their
manor came back in bad shape. She begged her
mother not to send her and she wept and wept,
but to no avail, because the old woman and the
ugly sister mistreated her further and even
threatened to beat her. Then Caterina, thinking
that the fairies could not do anything worse to
her, resigned herself to obey. With tears in her
eyes and more than reluctantly, the girl headed
towards the forest where the fairies had their
manor.