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	Before the Spell
	King Lir had four beautiful children. They were Finola and Aedh, Conn and Fiacra. Their mother was dead, but he loved them enough for fifty mothers, and they loved him back with all their hearts. Dearg, the High King, sent Aoife, his daughter and the children's aunt, to be Lir's second wife. At first she loved the children dearly. How could she not? But she grew jealous, as sometimes happens. She wanted to be Lir's only love, and that could never be, not as long as Finola and Aedh, Conn and Fiacra were there. Every day Aoife grew more jealous. She grew sick with jealousy. She grew mad and bad with jealousy. A truly terrible thought came to her. She told the children that next day she would take them to visit Dearg, their grandfather. That night Finola dreamt a terrible dream. She woke with a scream and her brothers came running to her side. 'I dreamt that Aoife threw us away, like feathers on the wind. She wants to harm us. We mustn't go with her tomorrow.' 'previous page to sleep,' Conn said, 'Aoife loves us. Your dream has some other meaning.' read more