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nd so the fake old lady whiled
away her time in the royal palace.
She certainly didn’t go wanting
for anything. And because it
always looked as if she had bleary
eyes, she was given the nickname
Rot-Eyes.
One day, the Queen asked the old lady:
- Is there really nothing you’re good at?
And the old hag answered:
- What do you ever want from me! When I was
fifteen, there was plenty I could do. I could sew
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