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She wanted to save her brothers, and had no key of the castle of

the glass-mountain; so this faithful little sister took a knife

out of her pocket and cut off her little finger, that was just

the size of the piece of wood she had lost, and put it in the

door and opened it.

As she went in, a little dwarf came up to her, and said, 'What

are you seeking for?' 'I seek for my brothers, the seven ravens,'

answered she. Then the dwarf said, 'My masters are not at home;

but if you will wait till they come, pray step in.' Now the

little dwarf was getting their dinner ready, and he brought their

food upon seven little plates, and their drink in seven little

glasses, and set them upon the table, and out of each little

plate their sister ate a small piece, and out of each little

glass she drank a small drop; but she let the ring that she had

brought with her fall into the last glass.