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The girl came down from the roof and started for the palace with the prince.

When they arrived at the castle, the girl was led to a servant’s room.

Then she was given a bucketful of mud and a bundle of straw.

If her mother's words were true, she should be able to spin gold right away, but the poor girl became very distressed.

It was impossible for her to spin gold as she had always been too lazy to even learn to spin.