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After some time he said to her, 'Tomorrow there will be a great

feast in your father's house, for your eldest sister is to be

married; and if you wish to go and visit her my lions shall lead

you thither.' Then she rejoiced much at the thoughts of seeing

her father once more, and set out with the lions; and everyone

was overjoyed to see her, for they had thought her dead long

since. But she told them how happy she was, and stayed till the

feast was over, and then went back to the wood.