a mirror, a carpet and a lemon

/,, Another brought o hen thot could loy colourful eggs.. Whot use do I hove for colourful eggs?. The Sulton took the Pr[nceto o bg room, opened the door, dnd the Prnce "As you con see,

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Our story storts (n o poloce w(th towers,

ond everyone wqnts to w(n her hand.

to show her dod how much they cdre.

But tn th(s story you w(ll see whot the greotest g(ft con bel

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Once upon o t(me there wos cr Sulton

who hod o beoutlful doughter

thot birds would stort s(ngtngwhen she wolked through the gordens

c r n c J h e c o u l d n o t c h o o s e b e t w e e n t h e p r { n c e s

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"The Prlnce who br(ngs me

over the world brought the Sulton stronge g(fts

One brought o bird w(th golden feothers

"Hmm Thot's very n(ce, but my gordens ore full of beout(ful

The Pr[nce left the poloce, sodly, corry(ng the golden b(rd

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Another brought o hen thot could loy colourful eggs

Whot use do I hove for colourful eggs?

lf I wont blue eggs or red eggs, I con just potnt theml"

soid the Sulton

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Another brought o d(omond (n the shope of o storond os b(g os o coconut The Sulton took the Pr[nce

to o b(g room, opened the door, dnd the Pr(nce

"As you con see, I hove more d(omonds

43-"They ore oll wonderful gtfts

But none of them ore speciol enough

to let you morry my doughter."

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Whot con we offer the Sulton?

We brought h(m the best we con f(ndl

We th(nk he ts very unklndl

Whot con we offer the Sulton?

I co,n't bel(eve whot I heardl

ot my beoutlful golden btrdl

Whot con we offer the Sultan?

lf you wont red, green or blue eggs, you've got them rtght there on your plctel

Whot con we offer the Sulton,

He's got more thon o jewellery shop ond lots of other stuffl

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The first Pr(nce bought o mog(c mirror In lt you could

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trrgI(- I'tcrn1 tlIr-J tl"rel Prirtr- c

V/(th o mog(c m(rror,you cdn see your true love's foc(even (f they're for owoy

(n onother ploce,

The mog(c corpettokes you to your true love's heo(n just o m(nute you ore there,

no motter how for oport

A mog(c lemoncures you ond mokes oll s(ck thtnWh(ch of these gtfts ts the best,

I wonder? Con you tell?

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The next doy, the three Pr(nces begon the(r journey

"My moglc corpet [s better thon your moglc m(rror!

I w(ll morry the Princessl"

"He potd flve thousond p(eces of gold for one lemon!"

" W h o t do you think the Pr(ncess l o o k s l ( k e ? "

" l knowl I w(ll look [n my mogic mirrorl"

S o t h e t h r e e P r l n c e s l o c k o ' r

very ill, ond her fother wos crylng by her bedside

" O h nol She's dy(ngl"

ly, uq !

Oh mog(c corpet, fly us owoyl

\de don't wqnt to be lote!

Pleose hurry, hurry, don't deloyl

Oh moglc corpet, fly us ctwoy,

over deserts mode of sond

Pleose hurry, hurry, don't deloy!

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In the holl, they sow the Sulton sitt(ng on o sofo, cry(ng

"My poor dcughter! My beoutiful Per(hon!"

"Your Mojesty, I con help your doughter."

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ond gove d cup of the jutce to the Pr(ncess.After o m(nute, her cheeks became p(nk ogo(n,She got up ond ron lnto her fother's drms

shouted the Sulton ond hugged h(s doughterl

He could not bel(eve hls eyes!

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them why they hod come to the poloce

"To morry the Pr(ncess!"

"l hove o mog(c m[rrorl You con see onywhere

In the world tn (t, I looked (nto tt ond sow

"But, my fly(ng corpet got us here (n one mlnute!

It con toke you dnywhere you wdnt to go,

so I thtnk I should morry the Pr(ncessl"

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"They ore both very speclol g(fts, thonk You,"

so(d the Sulton ond turned to the th(rd Pr(nce

"Now, whot hove you brought?"

"l brought th(s lemon," the th(rd Pr[nce so(d ond gove

the Sulton the squeezed lemon

She osked her fother which wos the best gift

'Well the mog(c mlrror ond the fl/ng corpet

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The youngest Pr(nce should mcury my doughter!"

And thot (s how o s(mple lemon won

And they oll l(ved hopp(ly ever ofter

We con g(ve jewels ond dlomonds,

ond other gtfts to our fr(ends.

to us oll tn the end.

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What use ore jewels ond d(omonds,

tf you hoven't got o wife?

Whot use (s silver ond gold?

The best g(ft of all is ltfe!

There ctre some th(ngs we con't buy,

no motter how much we've got

And l(fe ts the most precious gift

of oll, no motter whot!

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