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so well?
After some time, the Queen told the old lady:
- Seeing as you can spin so well, you must try to
sew a shirt for my son.
And the old hag:
-We’ll see what I can do!
So the servants brought her some precious
refined cloth, and after locking the door once
again, the girl cut and sewed a tufted shirt, and
embroidered the chest with golden rappelling in
the shape of beautiful flowers, so beautiful in fact
that it would have been impossible to find any
better. Everyone was of course amazed, and no-
one knew what to think of such talent.