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 ASHIEPATTLE WHO MADE THE PRINCESS TELL THE TRUTH AT LAST Tiiere was once upon a time a king, who had a daughter, and she was such an awful story-teller, that you couldn't find a greater anywhere. So the king made known, that if any one could outdo her in telling stories and make her tell the truth, he should have her for a wife and half the kingdom in the bargain. There were many who tried, for everybody would be glad to get the princess and half the kingdom, but they all fared badly. R2