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UDEA AND HER SEVEN BROTHERS
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stopped and asked the leader if they had come across seven young men, who were thought to be hunting some-
where about. And the man answered, ‘Go straight on, and by midday you will reach the castle where they live.’
When he heard this, the black melted some pitch in the sun, and smeared the girl with it, till she looked as
