Page 6 - ESL E Book 5

However, years passed and the

Princess never spoke a word, so the Queen

Mother began to spread around shocking

news.

"She is evil, that's why she never

spoke nor smiled. We must kill her," the

Queen Mother demanded.

The King refused to believe it at the

beginning, but agreed to burn his beautiful

wife at last. On the day of cremation, when

the fire began to touch her clothes, it was at

that moment the seven years had past. All

of a sudden, twelve crows dropped from the

sky and turned into her twelve brothers.

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