The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (3)

The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (3)

The three sisters waited till he came back.

The two elderones looked in the mirrorand thought how fine they would look in the new necklace and the new dress.

But the little pretty one took care of her old mother, and scrubbed and washed and dusted and swept and cooked, and every day the other two complained that the soup was burned or the bread not properly baked.

Then one day, there was a jingling of bells and a clattering of horse’s hoofs, and the old merchant came driving back from the fair.

The sisiters run out.

" Where is the necklace ? " asked the first.

" You haven't fogotten the dress ? " asked the second.

But the little one, Little Stupid, helped her old father take off his coat and asked him if he was tired.

" Well, little one, " says the old merchant, " and don't you want your fairing, too ?
I went from one end of the market to the other before I could get what you wanted.
I bought the silver saucer from an old hag, and the transparent apple from a peddler. "

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