Oldal 3 [3]
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The Princess fainting, after piercing her hand with the Spindle.
THERE were, Many, many years ago, a king and queen
who bad no children, which made them very unhappy in¬
‘leed. Hoping by some means or other to have an heir,
they agreed to consult all the fairies they could hear of :
vows, pilgrimages. every thing was tried, but without
success.
Some time after this, it was proclaimed that the queen
was going to have a child, and shortly after a princess was
born. The christening was the most sumptuous imagina¬