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= a ae | a oe ie ee BE ág. Me a ey OTA ge es Te htt i KT i —_ THE SIX SWANS. | 203 to him the treachery of the step-mother, who had taken away the three children and hidden them. And she was reconciled to the king with great joy, and the wicked step-mother was bound to the stake on the pile of wood and burnt to ashes. And the king and queen lived many years with their six brothers in peace and joy.