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Quote from "The Wild Swans" (1838)

"Fly out into the world and make your own living," the wicked Queen told them. "Fly away like big birds without a voice."

But she did not harm the Princes as much as she meant to, for they turned into eleven magnificent white swans. With a weird cry, they flew out of the palace window, across the park into the woods.

Source: Jean Hersholt's translation of "The Wild Swans"

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Registered motifs in this quote:

1. Magic
2. Witch

Keywords: Stepmother, queen, evil, magic, curse

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