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Pyth ([personal profile] pythbox) wrote in [community profile] glowfic 2016-03-15 03:29 am (UTC)

"Then listen closely and do just as I say," the mysterious old woman instructs.

"Tomorrow morning, go to the palace and tell the guards that you were summoned to marry the elder prince."

She speaks slowly and clearly, with short pauses to be sure Imarivet is getting it all down.

"Before the marriage ceremony, dress yourself in ten snow-white shifts beneath your gown. Ask that a tub of lye, a tub of milk, and as many birch rods as a man can carry be brought to your bridal chamber. If you have practical difficulties accomplishing any of these preparations, you will find the younger prince very willing to help you. After you are wed, when your husband orders you to shed the first shift, bid him to shed a skin first. He will ask you this nine times, and when you are left wearing one shift you must whip him with the rods, wash him in the lye, bathe him in the milk, wrap him in the discarded shifts, and hold him in your arms."

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