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ONCE upon a time, and a
very good time it was, though it wasn't in my time, nor in your time, nor
anyone else's time, there was a girl whose mother had died, and her father
married again. And her stepmother hated her because she was more beautiful than
herself, and she was very cruel to her. She used to make her do all the
servant's work, and never let her have any peace. At last, one day, the
stepmother thought to get rid of her altogether; so she handed her a sieve and
said to her: 'Go, fill it at the Well of the World's End and bring it home to
me full, or woe betide you.' For she thought she would never be able to find
the Well of the World' s End, and, if she did, how could she bring home a sieve
full of water? |
LONG before Arthur and the
Knights of the Round Table, there reigned in the eastern part of England a king
who kept his court at Colchester. |
A GIRL once went to the
fair to hire herself for servant. At last a funny-looking old gentleman engaged
her, and took her home to his house. When she got there, he told her that he
had something to teach her, for that in his house he had his own names for
things. |