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Thereis o king [n o lond neor the woter who hos eleven sons ond o beoutiful doughter. The Queen [s deod, ond the King (solone. He wonts o new w[fe to shoreh(sthrone.

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The new Queen (s bod ond sendsElizoto stoy with o poor fomily in the woods for owoy. Sheuseso spell to chonge the sons.
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Elko v(s[tsthe Khg when she ls flfteen. But she [s ofra(d

when she seesthe Queen. ShemokesElkadirty w(th o new mcatc spell. So the KtngtelldEllzo, "Go owcl You smell!'

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He sendsher owcry ond Elko [s sod.

But the wicked Queen (s very glod. Eltzo lost, [s sod ond clone in the forest so dork, ond fcrrfrom her home.

Hereore some leoves. Shellesdown to sleep. She(svery tfred tn the forest so deep. Shethtnksof her brothers, now l'nndsomeyoung men. Shedreomsof o wbmon and osksher of them.

"Do you know my brothers? Tellme if you ccn. They'reeleven prtnces. The/re l'nndsomeyoung men." They ctre over there. Justfollow thls streom," the old womcn sctys in Eltzo dreom. s

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Elizowokes up. She goes to the streom ond wolts by the woter ond thinksof her dreom. Elevenswdnscome flying ond lond on the shore. They turn lnto her brothers. They'renot swonsonymore.

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She runsto greet them. They hove lots to tell of the country they l(ve (n. "Con I come os well?" "We con oll moke o net," the brotherssoy, "ond then we con toke you w(th us todoy."

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s Eliza got o new home. She'shappy, lt's true, but her brothersctre swdns. Whot cctn she do? One night she dredms of o moglcol sPell to chonge bock her brothers, ond moke oll thtngs well.

She must moke moglc sh(rt w(th nettles thot st[ng But she must be corefu She con't sctyo thtng She connot speok or the spellwlll breok when moking eoch sh(rtfor her brothers'soke

She collects some nettles ond s[tsworkhg all doy. But wl'nt she [s doing she connot scry. One dclt o huntsmon rtdesby on hls horse. When he seesEllzo, he lovesher - of course!

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He wonts to morryher. He (so k(ng, When they get to his poloce, he givesher o r(ng. t "Whot is your nome? @tiutt'. Why don't you speok? Why do you sew nettles week ofter week?"

One nlght,olmostflnished, shegoes out to fhd o lost bunch of nettles. But who'sth(sbehind? "Youdre o wftch! Come with me to the Klng!" And poor Elko
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The Kinglocksher up. He [s very sod "lf you ctrect wltch, thot [s very bod." still Elfzo sews cell. h her pr(son the Shefinishes nettles, os ten shtrts well.

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But look ot this sh(rtl How cdn it ber It hos only one sleeve os we con see

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Whot doesth[smeon for the eleventhbrother? He hos onlyone sleeve, got the otherl but he hosn't

The next doy men come ond toke her cwoy. They wcnt to burn her on thot some doy. The swdnsfly down when she'sof the stoke. Elko throws them the shlrts,

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Elevenprlncesstond there, brove ond strong "At lost I con speok! And tell you you're wrong! I'm not o w(tch ctsyou con see. I only moke sh(rts to set my brothersfree."

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When thingsore bod of home or school, who will help you? Who ls cool? ond slsters Chorus:Brothers ore the best. Sticktogether you con beot the rest! ond s(sters! Brothers

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Repeat Chorus You reolly wont o speclolfrlend, who'solwoysthere in the end. Repeat Chorus

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