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THE SPELLBOOK

Once upon a time, in the mountains of Poland, there lived a couple who had three daughters. The eldest was beautiful and vain, and she liked nothing better than looking at herself in a mirror or pond, trying new hairstyles or showing off new clothes.

The middle daughter could not stop dancing – even when she was working, her feet would move, and she would whirl and twirl as she walked. If there was a festival in town, she would be in the middle of the dancefloor until the band stopped playing!

The youngest daughter was quiet, but her sharp eyes missed nothing, and she was always asking questions about how the world worked. Her

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