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the young servant to pick up all the and was neatly bagged up again, and
seeds by the morning. The servant next to it stood the ant that he had
sat down in the grassy plain and saved earlier. The ant and his people
considered how it might be possible had picked up all the seed and put
to perform this task, but nothing in them back into the bag while the
came to mind as these small seed servant was sleeping.
were hardly visible to the human Moments later the king's daughter
eye, how was he suppose to pick walked down to the garden only to
them up. The young servant gave up be amazed, to see that the young man
and took a long nap and waited his had done the task she had given him.
death the next morning. The next But she could not yet conquer her
morning the young servant woke up proud heart, told the young servant
and to his surprise all the seeds on to complete one last task before they
the patch of grass were picked up are to be wed. She told him to go and