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 The "last's the best of all the game;" it is (11) growing by the power and grace of the story.

May the child nurtured on the wit and wisdom of the simple story simply told live happy ever after!

Thus we arrived at this place together, where the people were in the habit of spinning up the tow. It was an enforced custom with them that each in turn should relate some little tale, or history, and to tell the truth, not only the noble women, but also myself and my friend, found our entire pleasure in such stories, and we often used to stop old beggars and give them a trifle more for telling us them.

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