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April 27, 2025 4 mins
The Three Spinners is a fairy tale about a lazy girl who hates spinning. Her mother, embarrassed by her idleness, lies to the queen, claiming the girl is a tireless spinner. Impressed, the queen takes the girl to the castle, promising marriage to her son if she spins three rooms full of flax. The girl despairs, but three strange women with deformed features—caused by years of spinning—appear and offer to help in exchange for being invited to her wedding as aunts.

They spin all the flax, and the queen is pleased. At the wedding, the "aunts" reveal their appearance is from spinning. Horrified, the prince declares his bride will never spin again, and the girl lives happily ever after, free from work.

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