Cleaning

The princess, at seeing how terribly messy the place had been, decided she was going to clean it before they got back from the mines.

Calling out in her most cheerful voice, she began to sing a happy tune. Whistling while she cleaned. Before long, the various animals of the surrounding area overheard her beautiful singing, and came to her side to help clean.

When the dwarves finally returned home, they were horrified by what they saw. The sink was filled with birds, splashing about. The rafters had rats running to and fro. A deer in the corner had eaten their house plant. Squirrels had poached their cabinet of all the nuts they had saved up for pie. And the stench. OH, the stench. It seemed that in every nook and cranny of their hut, there were droppings from the animals.

"That is it! You must go!" They said to the princess, upon realizing she had invited the animals into their home. And they evicted her, without a second thought.

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