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The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders
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“His father is out cutting wood, so he goes to his mother.

'Mother, I must away and see the world, or I shall go mad.'

Says his mother, 'If you must go, go you must, and God go with you! I will bake you a cake. Will you have a little cake with my blessing, or a big cake with my cursing?'

Says Jack, 'Make me a big cake, mother. It will last longer.'

His mother makes him a big cake, and he sets out. And she is standing on the roof of the house, calling curses after him as far as she can see him.”
Ruth Manning-Sanders, The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales
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