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Good evening, children. It's Granny McDuff, ready with a story. So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin.

Music story. So make yourselves comfy and I'll begin. Once upon a time, there lived a king and queen who had 12 children, 12 boys to be exact.

They lived quite happily together, and the boys were deeply loved.

One day, just before the queen was about to have a 13th child, the king told her,

If the child is a girl, then I shall like her to rule. Before I am gone, I shall make sure of it.

The Queen was pleased.

The brothers, excited for their new siblings' arrival,

went into the forest to pick fresh flowers for their mother.

There they found a patch of the most beautiful lilies.

The brothers picked almost every flower,

and just as the last was plucked from its stem, a sorceress appeared.

How dare you?

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