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Thereis o king
[n o lond neor the woter
who hos eleven sons
ond o beoutiful doughter.
The Queen [s deod,
ond the King (solone.
He wonts o new w[fe
to shoreh(sthrone.
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The new Queen (s bod

ond sendsElizoto stoy
with o poor fomily
in the woods for owoy.
Sheuseso spell
to chonge the sons.
So now they oll leove
becouse they ore swons.

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 Elko v(s[tsthe Khg
when she ls flfteen.
But she [s ofra(d
when she seesthe Queen.
ShemokesElkadirty
w(th o new mcatc spell.
So the KtngtelldEllzo,
"Go owcl You smell!'
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He sendsher owcry
ond Elko [s sod.
But the wicked Queen
(s very glod.
Eltzo[s lost,
sod ond clone
in the forest so dork,
ond fcrrfrom her home.
 Hereore some leoves.
Shellesdown to sleep.
She(svery tfred
tn the forest so deep.
Shethtnksof her brothers,
now l'nndsomeyoung men.
Shedreomsof o wbmon
and osksher of them.
 "Do you know my brothers?
Tellme if you ccn.
They'reeleven prtnces.
The/re l'nndsomeyoung men."
They ctre over there.
Justfollow thls streom,"
the old womcn sctys
in Eltzos dreom.
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Elizowokes up.
She goes to the streom
ond wolts by the woter
ond thinksof her dreom.
Elevenswdnscome flying
ond lond on the shore.
They turn lnto her brothers.
They'renot swonsonymore.
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She runsto greet them.

They hove lots to tell
of the country they l(ve (n.
"Con I come os well?"
"We con oll moke o net,"
the brotherssoy,
"ond then we con toke you
w(th us todoy."
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Elizas got o new home.

She'shappy, lt's true,
but her brothersctre swdns.
Whot cctn she do?
One night she dredms
of o moglcol sPell
to chonge bock her brothers,
ond moke oll thtngs well.
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She must moke moglc sh(rt

w(th nettles thot st[ng
But she must be corefu
She con't sctyo thtng
She connot speok
or the spellwlll breok
when moking eoch sh(rt-
for her brothers'soke
She collects some nettles
ond s[tsworkhg all doy.
But wl'nt she [s doing
she connot scry.
One dclt o huntsmon
rtdesby on hls horse.
When he seesEllzo,
he lovesher - of course!
 He wonts to morryher.
He (so k(ng,
When they get to his poloce,
he givesher o r(ng. t
"Whot is your nome? @tiutt'.
Why don't you speok?
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Why do you sew nettles
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shegoes out to fhd
o lost bunch of nettles.
But who'sth(sbehind?
"Youdre o wftch!
Come with me to the Klng!"
And poor Elko
r:rln't qd\/ .r thino
 The Kinglocksher up.
He [s very sod
"lf you ctrect wltch,
thot [s very bod."
Elfzostillsews
h her pr(soncell.
Shefinishesthe nettles,
ten shtrtsos well.
 But look ot this sh(rtl
How cdn it ber
It hos only one sleeve
\l os we con see
Whot doesth[smeon
/l for the eleventhbrother?
a:r He hos onlyone sleeve,
but he hosn'tgot the otherl
 The next doy men come
ond toke her cwoy.
They wcnt to burn her
on thot some doy.
The swdnsfly down
when she'sof the stoke.
Elko throws them the shlrts,
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E Elevenprlncesstond there,
brove ond strong
"At lost I con speok!
And tell you you're wrong!
I'm not o w(tch
ctsyou con see.
I only moke sh(rts
to set my brothersfree."
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The King [s so gldd,

he holds her hond t(ght,
crnd they hove o porty
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Her brotherso.rethere I
Theydonce ond thev stnE
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 When thingsore bod
of home or school,
who will help you?
Who ls cool?

Chorus:Brothersond slsters
ore the best.
Sticktogether -
you con beot the rest!
Brothersond s(sters!

Whenyou ore not

feelingtoo well,
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You reolly wont

o speclolfrlend,
who'solwoysthere
in the end.
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