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Speaker 1: This story is about a girl called Lady Elizabeth. She

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Speaker 1: was a very nice, generous, and clever girl. Her father

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Speaker 1: had lost a lot of money and she needed to

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Speaker 1: do more things than she liked, and she was not

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Speaker 1: always very happy. Lady Elizabeth complained all the time about

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Speaker 1: having to do the household chores. One day, she bought

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Speaker 1: a magic fish and ate it for dinner. When she

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Speaker 1: made a wish before going to bed, strange things began

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Speaker 1: to happen the golden wish. Lady Elizabeth was really a

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Speaker 1: very nice girl. She was affectionate, generous, and very clever.

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Speaker 1: Lady Elizabeth was also pretty, and of course that goes

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Speaker 1: a very long way. But for all that a Lady

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Speaker 1: Elizabeth was, she was not happy for the very simple

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Speaker 1: reason that she was not content. The fact was that

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Speaker 1: her father, the earl, had lost a lot of money,

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Speaker 1: and as earls go, he was poor, and the consequence

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Speaker 1: was that Lady Elizabeth had to put up with a

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Speaker 1: great deal that she did not like and do a

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Speaker 1: great many things that she did not care to do.

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Speaker 1: She grumbled at having to perform the household chores She

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Speaker 1: grumbled at the servants, and grumbled because she had to

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Speaker 1: go out and do the shopping herself. From morning till evening,

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Speaker 1: she sighed for riches, and even if she woke up

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the night, her thoughts turned to gold.

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Speaker 1: And when thoughts continually turn to gold, it is very

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Speaker 1: bad for them and is sure to make the thinker

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Speaker 1: discontented and unhappy. Now it was through always having the

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Speaker 1: same longing morning, noon, and night that a very strange

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Speaker 1: and terrible thing happened to Lady Elizabeth, one of the

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Speaker 1: most wonderful and awkward things that could happen to anybody.

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Speaker 1: To begin with, I must tell you that there is

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Speaker 1: in the sea a school of magic fish. Some people

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Speaker 1: say that there were originally in the school ten thousand fish.

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Speaker 1: Other people put the number down at only seven thousand,

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Speaker 1: five hundred, But that really doesn't matter much. But what

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Speaker 1: does matter to the story is this that Lady Elizabeth

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Speaker 1: bought one of these magic fish in the market and

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Speaker 1: she knew that the fish she had eaten was anything

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Speaker 1: out of the way. In fact, nobody knew this, neither

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Speaker 1: the cook nor the fishmonger from whom it was purchased,

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Speaker 1: nor anybody else but eat it. Lady Elizabeth did, and

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Speaker 1: had to take the consequences. Dear me, she exclaimed after supper,

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Speaker 1: think I will, replied Lady Elizabeth, with a little yawn,

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Speaker 1: and giving her father a kiss on the cheek, she

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Speaker 1: I am imagine an earl's daughter having no maid to

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Speaker 1: help her to get to bed when she is sleepy. Bah,

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Speaker 1: And here she stamped her little foot. I wish everything

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Speaker 1: or gold, then I could sell it. Having made this

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Speaker 1: of her petticoat, for they had become knotted. Then she

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Speaker 1: jumped into bed, and before her pretty head had touched

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Speaker 1: land of dreams. She slept soundly all the night through,

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Speaker 1: a glorious day, gold and bright and beautiful. Lady Elizabeth

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Speaker 1: jumped from her bed with a song on her lips

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Speaker 1: She had poured water from the jug into the basin,

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Speaker 1: and as soon as she touched it with her pink fingers,

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Speaker 1: but into pure gold, pure gold worth hundreds of pounds.

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Speaker 1: It was the same in the bath, a bath both

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Speaker 1: deep and wide. As soon as her little pink toe

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Speaker 1: so bewildered, so excited, so delighted, that she could hardly

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Speaker 1: He was a rich man now and could have servants

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Speaker 1: and horses and carriages and everything else that he desired.

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Speaker 1: Lady Elizabeth and her father took pleasure in the gold,

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Speaker 1: and the household came and stared at it in silent wonder.

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Speaker 1: More water was poured into the bath, and the same

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Speaker 1: thing happened as before. When touched by Lady Elizabeth's fair fingers,

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Speaker 1: it turned into the precious metal. But wonder must give

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Speaker 1: night before. It was a nice breakfast coffee and rolls,

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Speaker 1: Elizabeth said her thanks, sat down, poured herself out a

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Speaker 1: Lady Elizabeth let the cup fall with a crash, breaking

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Speaker 1: He was an elderly earl and rather nervous, and sudden

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Speaker 1: shocks upset him. But really it was enough to upset anyone,

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Speaker 1: for as soon as his daughter's lips touched the coffee,

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Speaker 1: it had turned into solid gold. No wonder, she dropped

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Speaker 1: the cup. It was so heavy. She tried a second

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Speaker 1: cup with the same result. Then, with trembling fingers, she

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Speaker 1: touched the loaf of bread when it turned to gold. Immediately, eggs, jam, butter,

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Speaker 1: even the very crumbs turned into golden nuggets. And as

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Speaker 1: Lady Elizabeth found it impossible to eat gold, she went

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Speaker 1: without any breakfast whatsoever. Her father was very concerned. Magicians

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Speaker 1: were sent for from all over the country, but they

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Speaker 1: The same thing happened at lunch. At dinner, tea, and supper,

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Speaker 1: Lady Elizabeth was starving. In the evening, another remarkable event

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Speaker 1: took place. She happened to touch her pet poodle, and

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Speaker 1: it immediately became a golden dog. Her father at this

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Speaker 1: the consequences of touching her. Poor Elizabeth, a more unhappy girl,

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Speaker 1: Crowds of people came from far and near to see

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Speaker 1: Elizabeth was starving. Oh, she cried, if only I could

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Speaker 1: never be unsatisfied any more. I will do my best

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Speaker 1: made this vow, there came a peal of thunder, and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the golden water, the golden bread, jam, butter,

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Speaker 1: and even the eggs the magicians had taken for their

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Speaker 1: traveling expenses turned back into their natural state, and to

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Speaker 1: the joy of Lady Elizabeth, her father, and the people

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Speaker 1: who loved her, she could once more, work, eat and

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Speaker 1: and never once longed for the gold which was hers

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Speaker 1: for so short a time. And that is the end

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Speaker 1: of our story. Good Night, sleep tight da