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shore and picked up the mussel and



         inside of  it was the golden ring the




         king had thrown into the ocean. He



         jumped with joy and took the ring



         back to the king, and expected that




         he would grant him the promised



         reward. But when the proud princess




 suddenly he saw three fishes by the   perceived that he was not the same



 shores end. They swam towards him,   age as her, she scorned him, and



 and they were the very fishes whose   made him complete another task. She




 lives he had saved. The one in the   went down to the garden and picked



 middle had a Mussle in his mouth   up a bag filled with seeds, she then




 and laid it in front of  the servant.   ripped open the bag and threw it



 The young servant walked up to the   onto a large patch of  grass. She told
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