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There was once upon a time a queen to whom God had given no

children. Every morning she went into the garden and prayed to

God in heaven to bestow on her a son or a daughter. Then an angel

from heaven came to her and said: 'Be at rest, you shall have a

son with the power of wishing, so that whatsoever in the world he

wishes for, that shall he have.' Then she went to the king, and

told him the joyful tidings, and when the time was come she gave

birth to a son, and the king was filled with gladness.