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Palace. Though rich and powerful, the King had a great sorrow: his only
daughter suffered from a strange illness that no doctor had been able to cure.
She was always sad and unhappy. The King had once proclaimed that the man who
succeeded in making his daughter laugh would be granted her hand in marriage.
But so far, nobody had so much as brought a smile to the Princess's lips.
As it so happened, the Princess chose that day to drive through the village
square, just as the woodcutter with the goose under his arm, solemnly marched
by with his line of unwilling followers. When she heard the people chuckle,
the Princess raised the carriage curtains. The minute she set eyes on the
amazing sight, she burst into peals of laughter.
Everyone was amazed to hear the Princess laugh for the first time. She
stepped down from the carriage for a closer look at the golden goose and
that's how she got stuck to the baker! Laughing and chattering, the procession
headed towards the palace, with the crowds at their heels. When the King saw
his daughter in fits of laughter, he could hardly believe it.
"How amazing! How amazing!" he said.
But in spite of all the mirth, it was a serious situation. That is, until a
large man with a tall peaked hat and a white beard stepped forward and snapped
his fingers three times. Suddenly, Thaddeus and the others all became unstuck.
The woodcutter was about to thank the Wizard of the Woods, for it could be
none other, but he had vanished into thin air. And that's how the simple
woodcutter, Thaddeus, found himself married to the King's daughter.
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