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patiently until the laughter was over and then she said, ‘Gypsy King, I care not for your

atrocious lake of fire. For I have seen you in my dreams and now I know the thing you are most afraid of in the world.’

And she held out her hands and stood there with her palms open and empty.

‘Oh, no,’ said the Gypsy King sarcastically. ‘Hands! Oh, no! N . . . Not h-h-hands! Oooh, no, I’m terrified, oh no, oh, no! Oh, no! The hands are going to get me, oh, no! Not the hands!’

‘Oh, Gypsy King,’ said Princess Snowflake. ‘It is not the hands themselves, but what they represent. Ever since I was a baby, those around me have worked to protect me and keep me

from harm. I never used to listen to them for I was arrogant. But when I threw open my chamber door to let my friends inside, I also

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