` Certainly that old woman 's son is a clever magician ! ' cried he ; ' I never met anyone as clever as that . What shall I give him to do next ? Let me think . Ah ! I know . ' And he sent for the old woman , who by the orders of the head , was waiting below . ` Your son has carried out my wishes very nicely , ' he said . ` The garden is larger and better than that of any other king . But when I walk across it I shall need some place to rest on the other side . In forty days he must build me a palace , in which every room shall be filled with different furniture from a different country , and each more magnificent than any room that ever was seen . ' And having said this he turned round and went away . ` Oh ! he will never be able to do that , ' thought she ; ` it is much more difficult than the hill . ' And she walked home slowly , with her head bent . ` Well , what am I to do next ? ' asked the head cheerfully . And the old woman told her story . ` Dear me ! is that all ?
why it is child 's play , ' answered the head ; and troubled no more about the palace for thirty-nine XXXXX .
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