μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone I No. 10.
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Filed under Girls keep up appearances to deceive suitors as to their desirability.

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The lisping sisters. The girls have been warned against speaking, but forget and are found outThe girl who ate so little. When the suitor sees her baking he finds that she can eatThe girl with the ugly name. Her mother gives her a new one but the girl does not recognize it and her mother must call her by her old nameBlind fiancée betrays self. Mistakes one object for another

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