Page 58 - Grade 5 - unit 1

Next she collected up all the spare quilts in the palace; some
with stripes, some with polka dots, and some which badly
needed to go to the laundry. But when she counted them,
they came to twenty exactly. The queen stacked all twenty
quilts on top of the twenty mattresses until the bed
swayed about like a ship at sea.

At last the girl took off her boots and clambered
sleepily onto this huge high swaying bed, and the
queen blew out the candle—snuff—and left her
alone for the night.

Next morning the queen asked if she
had slept well.

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