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References
- ↑ Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Household Tales, "The True Sweetheart"
- 1 2 D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"
- ↑ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to Cinderella"
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