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After a time there was another feast, and Cat-skin asked the cook

to let her go up and see it as before. 'Yes,' said he, 'but come

again in half an hour, and cook the king the soup that he likes

so much.' Then she ran to her little cabin, washed herself

quickly, and took her dress out which was silvery as the moon,

and put it on; and when she went in, looking like a king's

daughter, the king went up to her, and rejoiced at seeing her

again, and when the dance began he danced with her. After the

dance was at an end she managed to slip out, so slyly that the

king did not see where she was gone; but she sprang into her

little cabin, and made herself into Cat-skin again, and went into

the kitchen to cook the soup. Whilst the cook was above stairs,

she got the golden necklace and dropped it into the soup; then it

was brought to the king, who ate it, and it pleased him as well

as before; so he sent for the cook, who was again forced to tell

him that Cat-skin had cooked it.