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kill a pig!" she made a pause. "And I can drink more beer than the half of the men present here."
    Niobe lifted up his hands before his  face embarrassed, while Egeas began to laugh softly. Heera turned defiantly challenging the prince, "I drink like loose under the table!", She claimed. Her courage had returned and she was again just as cocky as ever.
    Lean handed her a white rose. “I’d like to see that!"
    Heera stared at the flower between them. Her hand was a clenched a fist. For a moment Lean believed that she would give him a rebuff, but eventually her fingers closed quickly around the green stem. They snatched the Rose formally from his hands. Without looking at him or to thank, she let him lead the stage. It came before Lean almost as if he had punished them but instead he made it their joy.
    A wish you have is free, but choose wisely,
    Since the heart longs for,
    What you can't buy with gold.

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    A fter Prince Lean had decided the twelve girls at the end of the week, he called all of them to be in the ballroom of the castle. The selected ones marvelled at the ornate ceiling, the noble floors and the magnificent walls. You could hardly get enough of all the richness and beauty. But as they entered the Great Hall and faced the royal family, including their entourage, they felt all lost. This was a strange world to which so far none of them had access. Even the girl, whose parents had spent all their money on expensive clothes, looked pale and colourless against the sparkling sheen of chandeliers. The prince was waiting for them. He stood in a purple coat before the throne and reviewed its selection.
    Like cattle on the market, Heera thought angrily. She was equally fascinated by the splendour as everyone else, but unlike them she wished not to spend the rest of her life here. Even this one week was bad enough for her. She lacked nothing, but she was worried about her parents and younger sister. How should her old father cope up with the work on the farm alone? Elena and her mother would be no help to him. If she can leave them at least send a letter! Surely they would knew what had happened and would be glad for their two daughters. Since ss both Medea and Heera were chosen meant hope for a better life for their parents. Under this confidence, they could be sleep even better with empty stomachs.
    " I am happy to see that all of you have come," Lean welcomed the candidates. "Some of you have taken a long journey to get to know me." His gaze slid for a brief moment to Heera and her sister. Medea was blushing and embarrassed and cast down her eyes. Heera however, saw him straight in the eye, without moving even a muscle. She had promised her mother, her father and her sister to make an effort and to give the best. She wanted to keep this promise, but Lean had been unsympathetic from the outset. But his position suggested that he considered himself to be something better. In Heera’s eyes he was a spoiled young man who had no idea what hard work meant.
    "To my appreciation to be followed by action, I want to give each chosen one something. No matter what you desire, I will fulfil it. My gift is yours, no matter what may happen. Even if I were to decide against you, you shall keep it. But choose wisely, for you have only one wish. Let's talk your heart! "
    The girls began to whisper excitedly. It was a unique opportunity and it was to knock out the best, without being rude. Daphne came first, before the prince. She wore her blond, curly hair in an sophisticated looking updo that emphasized her long swan neck. Her head was raised and her nose stretched towards the ceiling. In Gege APPROACH to the other, they did not seem scared, but challenging. She gave Lean a provocative smile.
    "I wish for pearls as white as my teeth are."
    Queen Niobe smiled at her words.
    "Your wish will come true," replied Lean monotonous. Daphne bowed with a beaming smile that showed off her snow-white teeth. Agnes came forward after her. She was