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“Mummy, alas!
                     Mummy, alas!
                     On my brow
                     There’s the tail of an ass!”

             In the meantime Caterina, since she had been to
           see the fairies, grew more beautiful by the day,
           and the son of the King fell in love with her so
           strongly that he forced his father to give him his
           consent to marry her. The wedding date was
           fixed, and the mother together with the ugly
           sister did not dare to oppose the royal will.
           However, they plotted to cheat the prince, and
           hoped to be successful. Oh! Listen to what these
           two-wicked rascals did. On the wedding day, they
           let Caterina down into a vat in the cellar, and shut
           it up; then the ugly sister dressed herself like the
           bride with her sister’s clothes and jewels. ___


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