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and when her parents told her to do anything, she did not obeythem, so how could she fare well. One day she said to herparents, I have heard so much of frau trude, I will go to hersome day. People say that everything about her does look sostrange, and that there are such odd things in her house, thatI have become quite curious. Her parents absolutely forbadeher, and said, frau trude is a bad woman, who does wicked things,and if you go to her, you are no longer our child. But the maidendid not let herself be turned aside by her parents, prohibition,and still went to frau trude. And when she got to her, frautrude said, why are you so pale. Ah, she replied, and her wholebody trembled, I