Tell her to pick out and lay in a separate heap the feathers of each bird . She would need to be a fairy to do it . ' The Queen was more than delighted at the thought of the despair this task would cause the Princess . She sent for her , and with the same threats as before locked her up with the three keys , ordering that all the feathers should be sorted by sunset . Graciosa set to work at once , but before she had taken out a dozen feathers she found that it was perfectly impossible to know one from another . ` Ah ! well , ' she sighed , ` the Queen wishes to kill me , and if I must die I must . I can not ask Percinet to help me again , for if he really loved me he would not wait till I called him , he would come without that . ' ' I am here , my Graciosa , ' cried Percinet , springing out of the barrel where he had been hiding . ` How can you still doubt that I love you with all my heart ? ' Then he gave three strokes of his wand upon the barrel , and all the feathers flew out in a cloud and settled down in neat little separate heaps all round the room . ` What should I do without you , Percinet ? ' said Graciosa gratefully . But still she could not quite make up her mind to go with him and leave her father 's kingdom for ever ; so she begged him to give her more time to think of it , and he had to go away disappointed once more . When the wicked Queen came at sunset she was amazed and infuriated to find the task done . However , she complained that the heaps of feathers were badly arranged , and for that the Princess was beaten and sent back to her garret . Then the Queen sent for the Fairy once more , and scolded her until she was fairly terrified , and promised to go home and think of another task for Graciosa , worse than either of the others . At the end of three days she came again , bringing with her a box . ` Tell your slave , ' said he , ` to carry this wherever you please , but on no account to open it . She will not be able to help doing so , and then you will be quite satisfied with the result . '
So the Queen came to Graciosa , and said : ` Carry this box to my castle , and place it XXXXX the table in my own room .
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