意大利童话：The Canary Prince 金丝雀王子
the canary prince
there was a king who had a daughter her mother was dead, and the stepmother was jealous of the girl and always spoke badly of her to the king the maiden defended herself as best as she could, but the stepmother was so contrary and insistent that the king, though he loved his daughter, finally gave in he told the queen to send the girl away, but to some place where she would be comfortable, for he would never allow her to be mistreated "have no fear of that," said the stepmother, who then had the girl shut up in a castle in the heart of the forest to keep her company, the queen selected a group of ladies-in-waiting, ordering them never to let the girl go out of the house or even to look out the windows naturally they received a salary worthy of a royal household the girl was given a beautiful room and all she wanted to eat and drink the only thing she couldn't do was go outdoors but the ladies, enjoying so much leisure time and money, thought only of themselves and paid no attention to her
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