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THE DWARF WITH THE LONG BEARD

[* a far distant land there reigned a king, and he had an
only daughter who was so very beautiful that no one in the
whole kingdom could be compared to her. She was known
as Princess Pieknotka, and the fame of her beauty spread
far and wide. There were many princes among her suitors,
but her choice fell upon Prince Dobrotek. She obtained

her father’s consent to their marriage, and then, attended by
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