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and telling one another of all kinds

of things which they had seen in

the fields and woods. The servant

realized that eating the snake had

given him power to hear animals

speak. Now it so happened that on

this particular day the queen had lost

her ring, and suspected the trusty

servant of stealing it. The king

ordered that the servant come before

him, and threatened with angry

words that unless he could find the

thief responsible for this, he would

execute the servant instead. The