Stories about fairies for kids

20 Fairy Books for Kids

If your kids are like mine, they love stories about fairies and want to believe they are real! Encourage this imaginative world with stories starting with picture books and continuing to middle-grade chapter books.

What fairy books are your favorites?

Fairy Books for Kids

Fairy Books for Ages 3 – 8

Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl
If you look, you can find the clues that fairies are real. Look on each page to find magical creatures as you follow the girl who is searching for traces of magic.

Flower Fairies Magical Doors by Cicily Mary Barker
What a treasured book this is at my house! This is a gorgeous book filled with pop-ups, paper ephemera, and other interactive features including lift-the-flap fairy doors. The darling story shows a little girl who discovers the world of magical flower fairies in her new house.

This is the Glade Where Jack Lives Or How a Unicorn Saved the Day by Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis
Fantasy creatures and all-white characters cleverly reenact the familiar poem, “This is the house that Jack built”, but in a fairy tale setting. “This is the mermaid, spritzing hair spray, that trips up the imp, all warty and gray, that stole the cake that fairies baked that was brought to the gnome that dwells in the tree that grows in the glad where Jack lives.” Jack is the unicorn — and he will fix everything when it’s all gone totally awry.

Fairy Felicity’s Moonlight Adventure by Alison Murray Sweet, purple-toned illustrations show
Fairy Felicity as she follows snail’s raised, sparkly trail through the night garden, the greenhouse, the orchard, the pond, until she finally reaches her surprise birthday party with all her friends. Kids can use their fingers to follow the snail’s trail with Felicity, too.

Fairy’s First Day of School by Bridget Heos, illustrated by Sara Not
Fairy’s mom tells her what to expect on her first day of school. A nice teacher, other fairies, learning new things, centers like art and spells, clean-up time, jobs, recess, lunchtime, and so on. Similar to a human’s first day of school, children will enjoy the fairy’s first magical day that ends with smiles and cuddles.

A Natural History of Fairies by Emily Hawkins, illustrated by Jessica Roux
Extensive information about the life of fairies from the anatomy, life cycle, wings, camouflage, habitats, fairies of the world, and so much more — a lot more! Illustrated in earthy colors and filled with handwritten notes and beautiful layouts this is a superbly rendered tome.

Evie and the Strawberry Patch Rescue by Stefanie Dahle
Perfect for kids who love fairies, they will enjoy this sweet story about a strawberry fairy who protects her crop from too much rain.

Fairy Spell How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real by Marc Tyler Nobleman, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler

You will want to believe that these two English girls really did see fairies as they claimed. They even convinced the famous Conan Doyle that they did. But, you’ll eventually learn that it was all a hoax— revealed only when the girls became old women. The delicate illustrations help tell this enchanting true story. You’ll also see the black and white photos the girls took to document their fairy sightings.

The Fairy Garden by Georgia Buckthorn, illustrated by Isabella Mazzanti
A little girl named Mimi wants to make a fairy garden and so she pulls the weeds and sprays bug spray. After days pass and no fairies come to her garden, they explain that the bug spray hurts them and they also prefer weeds and leaves. Mimi changes her approach and makes a welcoming, safe space for the fairies that they love, without sprays and with plenty of weeds.

Books with Fairies for Age 8 – 12

Rainbow Magic Fairies by Daisy Meadows
ages 6 – 9
These are very predictable but kids ADORE these books – they are some of the most checked-out books at our library. They’re about two human girls who are trusted to help the magical fairies search for something Jack Frost’s goblins stole.

Sprites Secret Pixie Tricks by Tracey West, illustrated by Xavier Bonet
ages 6 – 9
Violet meets a pixie who needs her help capturing the mischief-making escaped fairies from the Otherworld — and returning them back to the Otherworld before something bad happens… First, they’ll start with a naughty fairy named Pix who wants everyone to play with him all the time — and not do anything else like eat or sleep. Sprite sometimes forgets things (he’s new at the job) but finally, he finds the answer for sending Pix back to where he belongs.

Candy Fairies: Chocolate Dreams by Helen Perelman
ages 6 – 9
Each of the candy fairies has a specialty starting with Coco the Chocolate fairy. In this adventure, she’s blamed for the missing chocolate eggs that Mogu the troll stole. Coco needs to find the eggs and return them so the balance will return to Sugar Valley. Yummy adventures that fairy-loving readers will love!

Never Girls by Kiki Thorpe
ages 6 – 9
Human siblings and friends accidentally travel from England into the Never Land fairy world of Tinker Bell. What adventures they will have?! These stories are often a favorite choice to read independently for new readers about 2nd grade.

Princess Evie by Sarah Kilbridge
ages 6 – 9
Before Princess Evie starts a new class at school, she and her magical pony, Willow, and cat, Sparkles, help the fairies on their first day of school. She partners with a new friend to rescue a baby hedgehog. Kids will love the combination of horses, magic, and friendship in a wonderful adventure story.

The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Angela Barrett
ages 8 – 12
The Night Fairy is a story of growth, friendship, and redemption. Flora, as a young fairy loses her wings to an over-enthusiastic bat, who didn’t realize she wasn’t a moth. She bitterly resigns herself to living during the day and finding other animals to obey her commands. When Flora has the choice to save a hummingbird, even though the hummingbird won’t promise to obey her, Flora realizes that it is within her power to forgive, be compassionate, and be brave.

Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley, illustrated by Jaime Zollars
ages 8 – 12
Fairy Nix is left to guard the woods for his beloved queen. He’s particularly annoyed by a human man who lives in a cottage in his woods because the Queen won’t like it. Nix tries to figure out how to get rid of the man. His friendship with the wise human child, Rose, gives him new ideas. But after another encounter, the man reveals to Nix that Nix is really not a fairy but a human child who was stolen long ago from his family. It’s a bittersweet, tender story about a lost boy who finds that everything he’s believed is a lie. And I LOVED it so much. This is a magnificent tale with an innocent, unreliable narrator for whom you’ll feel all the feelings…

Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
ages 8 – 12
In this graphic novel, Willow’s uncomfortable emotions are actual monsters who are literally bottled up in bottles but keep escaping in bursts of mean words. In the woods, she meets a runaway Magnolia tree spirit named Pilu. As Willow and Pilu share their stories, Willow reveals that she knows her emotion-monsters keep growing when she ignores them. But she persists in ignoring them because she thinks that to be nice, she must keep the monsters stuffed away. Eventually, Willow realizes that the uncomfortable emotion monsters are a part of her; that if she is kind and listens to them, they won’t be as big. Introspective, sensitive, and important– this is a dazzling openhearted journey of self-discovery and healthy emotional growth. I LOVE everything about this story.

Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty
ages 8 – 12
Set in the time of early American settlers, this is a beautiful story about a night spirit who is still connected to the powerful wood magic of her ancestors. Willa accidentally discovers that her clan is keeping human captives as well as forbidden technology. Because of her discovery, her clan leader wants her dead. Alone and hunted, Willa finds shelter with a kind human man whom she learns to trust. When she realizes that one of his children was one of the human captives, Willa knows she must go back and rescue the humans. The author deftly explores the meaning of family, as well as the themes of prejudice and caring for the natural world.

In These Magic Shoes by Yamile Saied Mendez
ages 8 – 12
A tenderhearted, beautiful story about family, asking for help when you need it, racism, and grit. When their mom doesn’t return home from work, Minerva steps up to care for her siblings and herself. She doesn’t tell anyone that her mom’s missing so they won’t get sent to foster care or a holding center. She knows her mom would never leave them but she doesn’t know what to do. She bravely faces each day with strength but desperately wants to just be a kid again with no responsibilities — like pulling her little sister out of an abusive daycare. At school, Minerva tries out for the Peter Pan musical and speaks up against the play’s racism. At home, her sisters talk about the fairies they see just like the fairies from her mamá’s stories. Finally, Minerva contacts her mom’s estranged mother, their abuela, for help because the kids are out of food and money and desperately need help.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke
ages 8 – 12
Jacob abandons his life in the real world for one behind an enchanted mirror in his father’s office, the mirror where his father disappeared years ago. In Mirrorworld, Jacob travels with Fox, a clever woman who prefers her fox skin to her human skin. When Jacob’s younger brother Will (who is actually an adult and so is Jacob) follows Jacob to Mirrorworld one day, he is attacked by a Stoneman, a Goyl. Will’s wounds begin to turn him into a Goyl, only he will be made of jade. This dark story is filled with Grimm fairy tales — fairies, a candy house, unicorns, a Tailor, magic, spells, dwarfs, and such.

Fairy Activities and Crafts

 
Fairies To Color Cool & Calm Coloring for Kids
From the same company as Animal Babies, comes another coloring book of total cuteness, this time with fairies. The pages are detachable making color and displaying (or gifting) an easy option.

Flower Fairies Sticker Storybook 150 beautiful stickers of fairies, flowers, and more!

My Fairy Garden Magical Cottage Playset 
ages 4+
This is a blast to set up, watch grow, and play with. Kids get to grow organic seeds, care for the resulting garden, and play with adorable fairies, woodland friends and accessories in their own indoor fairy garden.

Mudpuppy Fairies Glow in the Dark Puzzle
100 piece puzzle that GLOWS IN THE DARK!!

Klutz Jr. My Fairy Wish Kit
Kids learn to make ten projects with special instructions on how to summon a visit from their favorite fairy. This kit sparkles with magic.

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20 Teacher-Approved Kids' Books About Fairies

Many children are fascinated by fairies and their magical worlds. Their stories allow them to escape from the mundane world they live in and enter a mystical world filled with much fascination.

To assist you in your search for the most fabulous fairy books for your children, we have compiled a list of 20 books we highly recommend. So, grab these books, give them to your children, and allow them to explore the extraordinary worlds of fairies.

Your children will enjoy this charming fairy book. They will enjoy feeling as if they are strolling on a trail through the woods searching for fairies. Their imaginations will be captivated as they search for fairy signs. At the end of the book, your children will be encouraged to create their very own fairy garden.

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Have you ever heard of candy fairies? This adorable storybook is about Katie the Candy Cane Fairy. Katie sings with a group called the Candy Canes, and they use special candy canes during their magical Christmas concerts. Find out what happens when the candy canes lose their magical stripes.

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Enjoy three fairies as they take you on an enchanting journey through their magical kingdom. As you read the pages, learn about their lives as fairies as well as the beautiful world of nature. This book is filled with gorgeous illustrations!

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This is one of the best books about fairies for girls. It includes tons of information about Flower Fairies, and it brings their mystical world to life with poems, stories, recipes, and craft ideas. This precious book makes a wonderful gift for your fairy-loving friend.

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The Fun Day Fairies are a set of fairies that are each responsible for one day out of each week. They are supposed to add sparkle and spunk to their days of the week. However, Jack Frost ends up stealing their magic, and the days are gloomy. Will they be able to get their magic back?

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6. The Freckle Fairy by Bobbie Hinman

Did you happen to know that freckles come from the Freckle Fairy? The Freckle Fairy kisses children while they are asleep and uses her fairy magic to leave freckles on them. This rhyming story that is a part of a fun series of books is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

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Real fairies exist all around us! Phoebe Wahl, a bestselling author, shows us a glimpse into the magical world of fairies in this splendidly illustrated book. Through these pages, your little one will discover that there is magic all around us!

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Your little ones will have a blast with this lift-the-flap book about fairies. They will find their favorite characters hidden under the book flaps as they enjoy this wonderfully illustrated story. Also, enjoy the large fold-out page at the end of the book that shows all of the characters living happily together!

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This award-winning book from a charming series by Bobbie Hinman provides an explanation for all of the knots and tangles in your little one's hair in the mornings. These just so happen to be made by the Knot Fairy. This adorable book makes a wonderful bedtime story for your little one!

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This is a captivating fairy book for little ones. In this cute story, Katie is visited by Rosemary, the Pacifier Fairy. As a toddler, Katie refuses to give up her pacifier, but a visit from Rosemary helps convince her that giving up her pacifier is a very brave act. This story is perfect for helping a toddler give up a pacifier.

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11. A Natural History of Fairies by Emily Hawkins

This is one of the most enchanting fairy books, and it has a beautiful cover. It includes detailed information about the existence of fairies as well as their anatomy, life cycle, habitats, and much more. This book makes a beautiful gift for all lovers of fairies.

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Willow Doyle desires to be normal, but nothing is normal about her family or her. Her ancestors are fairy godmothers, and she is destined to be one as well. When she begins a new elementary school, will she finally be able to have a normal life?

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This fairy book is written by one of our favorite authors, Laura Amy Schlitz, who is also a Newberry Medalist. In this story, Flory, a night fairy, loses her beautiful wings and can no longer fly. However, she is fierce. Will this be enough to keep her alive and help her survive?

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Do actual fairies exist? This adorable board book offers little ones a glimpse into the magical world of fairies. It is filled with fairy dust, magic, and crystals. They will also learn how fairies are born and what their clothes are made from.

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Does your child believe in the possibility of fairies? In Good Night Fairies, Adam Gamble explores numerous types of fairies that will ignite your child's interest in this magical world. This board book is part of the sweet series Good Night Our World.

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This sweet story is filled with lessons about positive principles that are truly inspiring. Set in modern times, this is a magical adventure about Princess Emunah, how she desires to be a fairy, and her hardworking experience to get there.

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This Rainbow Magic: The Magical Party Collection includes an amazing set of 21 books. The set includes The Rainbow Fairies series as well as two additional series - The Party Fairies series and The Pet Keeper Fairies series. This set of fairy books makes an awesome gift for fairy lovers!

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Written by Victoria Kann, a New York Times best-selling author, this precious story takes place in the spring which is the time that Pinkalicious knows the fairies are supposed to arrive. Pinkalicious has worked super hard to have everything ready for them. Enjoy this sweet fairy story!

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19. The Fairy Garden by Georgia Buckthorn 

Enjoy this amazingly illustrated story of a sweet girl who wants more than anything to find fairies in her garden. She works so hard to make her fairy garden perfect for the fairies. Will she be lucky enough to see fairies in her garden? You must read the pages to see!

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This mystical sticker storybook tells the story of Primrose and the special day she spends with her friends. The Flower Fairies enjoy making beautiful music, playing games like hide-and-seek, and having a fabulous picnic! This storybook also includes more than 150 vibrantly colored stickers! This is a wonderful gift for girls!

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Fairy tale Little Fairy - read online

Once upon a time there lived a king and a queen, and they had an only son. Here the prince grew up, and the king and queen arranged a holiday. They called together the most noble people from all over the kingdom to a feast. The windows lit up with a thousand lights, the white chambers sparkled with silver, gold and expensive gems.

At midnight the guests went home, and the prince went for a walk in a grove where old lindens grew. The moon rose, it became bright as day, the prince could not sleep. The grove stood as if bewitched - thick trunks of old trees cast dark shadows, and moonlight, penetrating through the foliage, painted bizarre patterns on the ground. The prince, lost in thought, wandered along the soft grass and did not notice how he came out into the clearing. He looks - and in a clearing, illuminated by moonlight, there is a little fairy in a white outfit, and gold embroidery shines on it. Her long hair swept over her shoulders, and on her head sparkles a golden crown, strewn with precious stones. And this fairy was very tiny. Like a doll! The prince stopped and could not take his eyes off her. And she suddenly spoke, and her voice rang like a silver bell:0003

- Beautiful prince! I was also invited to the holiday, but I didn’t dare to come to visit you - I’m too small. And now I want to say hello to you under the moon, its light replaces the sun's rays for me!

The little fairy liked the prince. The night sorceress did not frighten him in the least. He went up to the little fairy and took her by the hand. But she suddenly broke free and disappeared. All that was left in the prince's hand was a fairy glove, so tiny that the prince pulled it on his little finger with difficulty.

Saddened, he returned to the palace and did not say a word to anyone about the one he saw in the old grove.

The next night the prince again went to the grove. He wanders in the light of a bright moon, looking for a little fairy. And she is nowhere. The prince became sad, took out a glove from his bosom and kissed it. And at that moment a fairy appeared before him. The king's son was so delighted that it is impossible to say! His heart jumped in his chest with happiness! For a long time they walked in the moonlight, chatting merrily with each other. And an amazing thing! While they were talking, the little fairy grew noticeably in front of the prince. When it was time for them to part, she was twice as big as the night before. Now the glove did not fit on her hand, and the fairy returned it to the prince with the words:0003

— Take the glove as collateral and take good care of it.

She said and disappeared in the same instant.

— I will keep your mitten on my heart! exclaimed the king.

Since then, every night the prince and the fairy met in a grove under the old lindens. While the sun is shining, the king's son does not find a place for himself. Day by day he yearns for his fairy, he can’t wait until the night falls and the moon peeps through the sky, and he keeps wondering: “Will my fairy come today?” The prince loved the little fairy more and more, and the fairy grew taller every night. On the ninth night, when the full moon came, the fairy was as tall as the prince.

— Now I will come to you every time the moon appears in the sky! the fairy said cheerfully in her gentle voice.

- No, my dear! I can't live without you! You must be mine. I will make you queen!

- My dear! - the fairy answers him. “I will be yours, but you must promise me that you will love only me all your life!”

- I promise, I promise! - without hesitation, the prince shouted. “I promise to always love you alone, and I won’t even look at others.

- Good! Just remember - I will be yours only as long as you remain true to your word.

Three days later they played a wedding. The guests could not marvel at the beauty of the little fairy.

The prince lived happily with his young wife for seven years, when suddenly the old king died. The people gathered at the funeral apparently-invisibly. At his coffin, the most beautiful and noble women of the kingdom shed tears. And there was

among them one black-eyed beauty with red hair. She did not pray to God, did not mourn the late king, but relentlessly pursued the eyes of the young prince. The prince noticed that the beautiful woman with red hair did not take her eyes off him, and this seemed to him extraordinarily pleasant. When the funeral procession moved to the cemetery, the prince, who was leading his wife by the arm, looked three times at the black-eyed beauty. Suddenly his wife got entangled in her skirt and almost fell.

— Oh, look, my dress is too long! - she exclaimed.

And it's true... Only the king's son is unaware that his wife has become smaller.

But the old king was buried, and everyone moved back to the palace. And the red-haired beauty followed on the heels of the prince, not a step behind, and he looked at her furtively. The prince never noticed that his wife had again turned into a little fairy. And as soon as they entered the old grove, the fairy completely disappeared. The prince married a red-haired beauty with black eyes. Yes, but he did not live with his new wife for three days happily. At first she demanded to buy her a diamond bed. And there it went ... Give her one thing, then another, but all such curiosities that no one else has. And if, it happened, the prince did not fulfill her wishes, beauty

immediately into tears, and well, crying, and well, scolding her husband. The prince's son was so fed up with the whims of the greedy beauty that he drove her out of the house...

Only then did the prince understand what he had done. He grieves, sighs for the little fairy. And again, as soon as the moon floats in the sky, the prince goes to the grove where old lindens grow, and calls his dear, kind fairy. The prince searched for her, searched, called his fairy, called, and already managed to grow old, waiting for her.

But the little fairy never returned to him...

Fairy tale Gifts of the Fairy - Charles Perrault, read online

There was once a widow in the world, and she had two daughters. The eldest is the spitting image of a mother: the same face, the same character. You look at your daughter, but it seems that you see a mother in front of you. Both, the eldest daughter and mother, were so rude, arrogant, arrogant, angry that all people, both acquaintances and strangers, tried to stay away from them.

And the youngest daughter was all in the late father - kind, friendly, meek, and besides, she was still a beauty, which are few.

Usually people like people who look like them. That is why the mother loved her eldest daughter madly and could not stand the younger one. She made her work from morning till night, and fed her in the kitchen.

Among other things, the youngest daughter had to go twice a day to the spring, which was at least two hours away, and bring from there a large pitcher full of water.

Once, when the girl was taking water, some poor woman came up to her and asked for a drink.

“Drink to your health, auntie,” said the kind girl.

Having quickly rinsed her jug, she scooped up water in the deepest and cleanest place and gave it to the woman, holding the jug so that it was more convenient to drink.

The woman drank a few sips of water and said to the girl:

— You are so good, so kind and friendly that I want to give you something to remember. (The fact is that it was a fairy who purposely took the form of a simple village woman in order to see if this girl was as sweet and courteous as they say about her. ) This is what I will give you: from now on, every word that you say , will fall from your lips either as a flower or a precious stone. Goodbye!

When the girl came home, her mother scolded her for lingering at the spring.

“Excuse me, mother,” said the poor girl. “I am really late today.

But as soon as she uttered these words, several roses, two pearls and two large diamonds fell from her lips.

Look! said the mother, her eyes wide with surprise. - It seems to me that instead of words, she drops diamonds and pearls ... What happened to you, daughter? (For the first time in her life, she called her younger daughter also.)

The girl simply, without hiding or boasting, told her mother about everything that had happened to her at the spring. And flowers and diamonds just kept falling from her lips.

“Well, if that’s the case,” said the mother, “I should also send my eldest daughter to the spring… Come on, Fanchon, look what comes out of your sister’s lips as soon as she speaks!” Don't you want to receive the same amazing gift? And after all, for this you just need to go to the source and, when the poor woman asks you for water, politely give her a drink.

- Well, here's another! I want to drag myself into such a distance! - answered the slut.

— I want you to go! her mother yelled at her. - And this very minute, without talking!

The girl reluctantly obeyed and went, still grumbling. Just in case, she took with her a silver jug, the most beautiful one they had in the house.

As soon as she approached the spring, a smartly dressed lady came out of the forest to meet her and asked for a sip of water. (It was the same fairy, only this time she took on the form of a princess to test whether the older sister is as rude and evil as they say she is.)

— Don't you think I dragged myself here to give you a drink? said the girl boldly. - Well, of course, only for this! I purposely grabbed a silver jug ​​to bring water to your grace! .. But anyway, I don’t care. Drink if you like...

“However, you are not very kind,” the fairy said calmly. - Well, what a service, such is the reward. From now on, every word that escapes your lips will turn into a snake or a toad. Farewell!

As soon as the girl returned home, her mother rushed to meet her:

Is that you, daughter? Well, how?

— That's it, mother! the daughter growled in response, and at the same moment two vipers and two toads plopped down on the threshold.

— Oh, my God! cried the mother. — Yes, what is it? Where?.. Ah, I know! It's your sister's fault. Well, she will pay me! .. - And she rushed at her youngest daughter with her fists.

The poor thing ran away in fear and hid in a nearby forest.

There she was met by a young prince, the son of the king of this country.

Returning from a hunt, he found a beautiful girl in a thicket and, marveling at her beauty, asked what she was doing all alone in the forest and why she was crying so bitterly.

— Oh, sir, — answered the beauty, — my mother drove me out of the house! He was amazed and asked to explain what kind of miracle it was. And then the girl told him her whole story.

The king's son fell in love with her.

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