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 When the king heard of their return, he sent for them and their curiosities to court, where the green bird gave an account of their births

Never was joy greater than theirs, their mother was sent for and while they were embracing each other, the Fairy appearing, told them how she had protected them under the shape of a turtle, and all upon account of the charitable reception the queen Blondina gave her. Cherry to complete his happiness was married to Fair-star, who before he took for his sister. But as for the Queen mother, Rosetta and Feintisa, her maid of honour, they were sent into perpetual punishment. 



BOULI SINA, a sage dervice, had passed the night in the house of a poor woman, who had exercised all the duties of hospitality towards him, he was touched with the unfortunate condition to which she was reduced, and resolving to succour her in her misfortunes, he loosened a stone from out of the wall of the house, and pronounced some words over it, placed it again where it was before, and pierced it with a little pipe, at the end of which he put a cock, then said to the