She can. Oh, yes, oh, yes, she can. The
Princess can bake bread and rolls. Oh, joy, oh joy! The lovely Princess
can bake bread and rolls. Beautiful bread and rolls. We are saved.'
'They dance. Round and round they go. Holding up colored cloths they
form first a line, and then a circle, then many smaller circles, and circles
inside of circles. They dance and they dance and they laugh and they
sing.
'The ancient Elf leans heavily on his cane. He looks very worn and tired.
'Please,' he says. 'Our baker is very, very old, just as I am, and now he is
also very sick. He is too weak to bake any longer or to tell us how to do
the baking ourselves. So we have neither bread nor rolls. Please bake
some bread and rolls. Then, lovely Princess, teach us how to bake. In
that way you will save us from hunger.'
'The ancient Elf points to the big black oven.
'We have a good oven, but we don't know how to prepare it for baking.
Show us how to heat the oven for baking. When we are no longer
hungry, we will help you. We will have the strength to guide you to the
cove, and to help you to get to your gallant ship.
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