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hen Caterina was heading into the
forest, she was greeted by an old man.
The old man realised that Caterina
was deeply distressed, and
said, "Oh! What is ever going on with you,
beautiful girl, for you to look so afflicted?”
Caterina told him everything about her
predicament, of how her mother mistreated her
and together with her sister had sent her off to
the fairies to ask for one of their sieves, so that
they might scratch her with it and make her ugly.
The old man said, "Do not be afraid, there is a __

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