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\ HALA) 11 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
