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The Goal of the Symbolic Life

Digital Jung

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The Scullery Maid Wept the Whole Night

The scullery maid was given three nuts by an old toad. She cracked one with her teeth and found a stately royal garment in it. When the bride heard of this, she asked for the dress and wanted to buy it. The girl would not take money and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. But the bride gave him a sleeping draft and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. In the morning they told their lord what happened.

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