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Then came the queen of the bees, who had been saved by the little

dwarf from the fire, and she tried the lips of all three; but at

last she sat upon the lips of the one that had eaten the honey:

and so the dwarf knew which was the youngest. Thus the spell was

broken, and all who had been turned into stones awoke, and took

their proper forms. And the dwarf married the youngest and the

best of the princesses, and was king after her father's death;

but his two brothers married the other two sisters.

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER

There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very

honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at

last all he had in the world was gone, save just leather enough

to make one pair of shoes.