You did just right in obejing me andin not opening the door, said the stag.They were bad, widted fairies and nofriends of yours. If you had opened tothem, they would have entered and car-ried you off with them. The next morning the stag, as usual,went to his pasture and Smolineck lodgedthe door… … No, replied the boy, I cant open the door. You must go away. But nonethe less, he did wish that he could open the door just a cradt, so that hecould have a look at the fairies. Then they began to shiver with the cold
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