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ONCE upon a time there was a king and a queen, as in many lands have been. The king had a daughter, Katherine, and the queen had one named Kate. Katherine was fair and Kate was dark, and they loved one another like real sisters. The queen was jealous, thinking that the king’s daughter was bonnier than her own, and cast about to spoil her beauty. So she took counsel of the hen-wife, who told her to send the lassie to her next morning fastingSo next morning early, the queen said to Katherine, ‘Go, my dear, to the hen-wife in the glen, and ask her for some eggs.’ So Katherine set out, but as she passed through the kitchen she saw a crust, and she took and munched it as she went along.
Approximate Word count = 408 Approximate Pages = 1.6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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