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shoes and coins , too. Maro was begging her not to send her sister to the mill in the middle of the night but in vain. So , when it got dark , Kalo took the mule and set off to the mill. She arrived there at night and after kicking the miller out she began grinding her wheat in a hurry. The goblins came out of their holes and began teasing her : - ― Will you marry me ? ― the first one asked her. - ― No‖, Kalo answered angrily. - ― Will you marry me ?‖ asked the second one. - ― No ―. Kalo answered laughing at him. - ― Will you marry me ?‖ asked all the goblins one after the other. - ― No ―, Kalo answered laughing at them again. - ― Will you marry me ?‖ asked the little one. - ― No‖ , Kalo said laughing at him , too. - ― What does the bride want ?‖ asked the goblins. Kalo was laughing at them…..When the goblins saw that Kalo wouldn‘t marry anyone of them , they began beating her . After flouring her with her own flour , they loaded her on her mule with a bag full of stones and sent her back home.