“A maiden, who thinks there is too much to do, asks a fairy for a magic wand to get her work done, but fairy gives her ten little workmen, who get all the work done, and then she promises to leave them if they are never allowed to be idle (the workmen are the maiden's own fingers and thumbs).”
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