PEL-STILTS-KIN. IN a certain kingdom once lived a poor miller who hada very beautiful daughter. She was moreover exceed-ingly shrewd and clever; and the miller was so vain andproud of her, that he one day told the king of the landthat his daughter could spin gold out of straw. Nowthis king was very… … SOME WITCH TOLD YOU THAT. THE NEW YORPUBLIC LIBRARY LENOX ANDTIUDEN FOUNDATIONS. c THE HEART OF OAK BOOKS. 49 her a spinning-wheel, and said, All this must be spuninto gold before morning, as you value your life. Itwas in vain that the poor maiden declared that she coulddo no such thing, the…
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