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other names in the kingdom. When



            the Little Man came the next day,




            the Queen began with Melchior,



            Caspar, Balthazar, and said all the



            names she wrote on her list, but the




            Little Man said, “None of  them are



            my name,” and left the room. On the



            second day, she asked the people in




            the neighborhood about their names                                                                                           room.



            and when the Little Man entered the                                                                                          On the third day, the messenger




            room that afternoon, she asked, “Is                                                                                          came back to the palace, and said, “I



            your name Sheepshanks, Laceleg, or                                                                                           haven’t been able to find new names,




            Shortribs?” “They are not my name,”                                                                                          but when I walked by the mountain



            replied the Little Man as he left the                                                                                        at the end of  the forest, I saw a
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