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to put a blanket on the seat before you went to the toilet, but it was still a palace, so never mind.

On the whole, Princess Snowflake led a carefree life, as I have said. But one day, when she was five years old, one of the kindly old witches took her aside.

‘Child,’ said the witch. ‘I have something important to tell you. You know the Winter Gardens, which lie beyond the palace walls?

Well, they are very nice. But take heed, for

a dreadful fellow lurks deep within those

gardens, waiting to trap the unwary! It is the

Gypsy King, and he is strong, with rippling

muscles, and he wears hundreds of gold rings on

his fingers, and he has proud boots. Beware the

Gypsy King, child, beware the Gypsy King!’

But Princess Snowflake only clapped her hands together, one, two, three!

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