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of gold coins, and we will leave together, and go
wherever our fate will take us.
And so the two women set off the following
morning out of one of the palace doors, with a
small bag of gold coins and a bundle of clothes.
They walked and walked for many days.
Wherever they went, all the youths they crossed
paths with would pester the young girl and give
her a very hard time. Her nanny was sick with
worry for her honour, and was afraid that
someone would take the girl away from her by
force.
One evening, however, after coming to a city, the
two women came across a funeral. Those
attending the ceremony told them that this was
the funeral of an old woman who had finally
croaked aged a-hundred.

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