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The shoes not too small,
The right bride is she after all.”
And when they had thus cried, they came flying after and
perched on Aschenputtel’s shoulders, one on the right, the
other on the left, and so remained.
And when her wedding with the prince was appointed to
be held the false sisters came, hoping to curry favour, and ‘to
take part in the festivities. So as the bridal procession went
to the church, the eldest walked on the right side and the
younger on the left, and the pigeons picked out an eye of
each of them. And as they returned the elder was on the
left side and the younger on the right, and the pigeons picked
out the other eye of each of them. And so they.were con¬
demned to go blind for the rest of their days because of their
wickedness and falsehood.
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