Grimms' Fairy Tales, Part 23: samenvatting

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1. A miller promises his daughter to a wealthy-looking suitor, although she distrusts him.
2. She follows ashes through the forest to his house, scattering peas and lentils to mark her return route.
3. A bird warns her, and an old woman hides her before robbers arrive and kill another girl.
4. A severed finger lands in her lap; the old woman drugs the robbers, and both women escape along the sprouted seeds.
5. At the wedding feast, the bride describes the crime as a dream, then displays the finger and ring.
6. The guests seize the fleeing bridegroom, and the authorities sentence him and his gang to death.

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The bride turns her apparent dream into a direct accusation supported by evidence. The guests can now confront the bridegroom.

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