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 "What a distracting occupation!" the princess said upon seeing her, and as she was a lively person and the prophecy needed fulfillment, she took over the spindle and it went through her hand, and the old lady could not prevent it.

The young woman fell on the floor, and the old woman, believing she was dead, began screaming asking for help.

To her cries, the king and the queen and all the palace servants soon arrived, and immediately requested the presence of the Fairy that protected the princess, who at that time was at