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they tried to stop, but no one could, and no one
could even push the plate away. So they cried
to Jack to take the food away.
"I will upon one condition,
said
Jack.
"The
princess must laugh/
The princess did not know what to do. She
had expected to laugh from pleasure, not from
pain.
"I will not do it,"
she said.
"Very well, said then," Jack, "yon may all
go on eating." So they were obliged to eat and
eat all the faster, until they were ready to die
with pain.
dure it no longer, she began to laugh as heartily
as she could, thinking:
Finally, when the princess could en
"He will not make me laugh a second time."
As soon as Jack had taken away the magical
all the suitors flew at him to drive him
food,
out of the palace. Quick as a flash he untied
his magical belt, and threw it upon the floor.
Instantly the princess and all the suitors were
bound together in a bundle, and lying in a help
less heap upon the floor.
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Untie us ! cried the princess.
"Laugh then," said Jack.
"I will not laugh," said the princess.
Very well then, said Jack, * stay where you
are." The belt began to squeeze harder than
ever, until the suitors and the princess could
bear the pain no longer. Then the princess be-