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 East of the Sun ani? Wbst of the Moon. 241 who Is able to do that ; if she cannot do that, she is not worth håving," said the prince. u Well, that was easy enough," såld the stepmother and agreed to this trial. Well, the princess with the long nose set to washing the best she could, but the more she washed the bigger grevv the stains. " Why, you can not wash," said the old witch, her step-mother ; " let me try ! " - — but no sooner did she take the shirt than it got still worse, and the more she washed and rubbed the bigger and blacker the stains grew. So did the other trolls try their hands at washing, but the longer



they worked at it the dirtier the shirt grew, till at last it looked as if it had been up the chimney. " Ah, you are not worth anything, the whole lot of you ! " said the prince; " there's a poor girl under the window just outside here, and I am sure she can wash much better than any of you. Come in, my girl ! " he shouted out to her. — Yes, she would come in. — " Can you wash this shirt clean ? " asked the prince. — " Well, I don't know," she said, " but I will try." And no sooner had she tåken the shirt and dipped it in the water, than it was as white as the driven snow, if not whiter.