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¡¡¡¡A king and queen once upon a time reigned in a country a great way off£¬ where there were in those days fairies. Now this king and queen had plenty of money£¬ and plenty of fine clothes to wear£¬ and plenty of good things to eat and drink£¬ and a coach to ride out in every day£º but though they had been married many years they had no children£¬ and this grieved them very much indeed. But one day as the queen was walking by the side of the river£¬ at the bottom of the garden£¬ she saw a poor little fish£¬ that had thrown itself out of the water£¬ and lay gasping and nearly dead on the bank. Then the queen took pity on the little fish£¬ and threw it back again into the river; and before it swam away it lifted its head out of the water and said£¬ I know what your wish is£¬ and it shall be fulfilled£¬ in return for your kindness to meyou will soon have a daughter.

¡¡¡¡What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass; and the queen had a little girl£¬ so very beautiful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy£¬ and said he would hold a great feast and make merry£¬ and show the child to all the land. So he asked his kinsmen£¬ and nobles£¬ and friends£¬ and neighbours. But the queen said£¬ I will have the fairies also£¬ that they might be kind and good to our little daughter. Now there were thirteen fairies in the kingdom; but as the king and queen had only twelve golden dishes for them to eat out of£¬ they were forced to leave one of the fairies without asking her. So twelve fairies came£¬ each with a high red cap on her head£¬ and red shoes with high heels on her feet£¬ and a long white wand in her hand£º and after the feast was over they gathered round in a ring and gave all their best gifts to the little princess. One gave her goodness£¬ another beauty£¬ another riches£¬ and so on till she had all that was good in the world.