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Tonight, we'll read the Yellow Dwarf from the Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang in 1889.

The Yellow Dwarf story originated from the Countess Dalnooy, a 17th century French writer known for her fairy tales.

She originated the term that is now generally used for the genre.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

The Yellow Dwarf, once upon a time, there lived a queen who had been the mother of a great many children

and of them all only one daughter was left but then she was worth at least a thousand. Her mother, who,

since the death of the king, her father, had nothing in the world she cared for so much as the little princess,

was so terribly afraid of losing her that she quite spoiled her, and never tried to correct any of her faults.

The consequence was that this little person, who was as pretty as possible, and was one day to wear a crown,

grew up so proud and so much in love with her own beauty

that she despised everyone else in the world.

The Queen, her mother, by her caresses and flatteries,

helped to make her believe that there was nothing too good for her. She was dressed almost always in the

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