How are we to face our queen, said the three mice, when by our folly we have lost the talisman and condemned our people to be utterly exterminated?
Andrew LangSource: The Blue Fairy Book
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How are we to face our queen, said the three mice, when by our folly we have lost the talisman and condemned our people to be utterly exterminated?
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