The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (4)

The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (4)

" Oh, thank yo, father, " says the little one.

" And what will you do with them ? " says he.

" I shall spin the apple in the saucer, " says the little pretty one, and at that the old merchant burst out laughing.
" They don't call you 'Litttle Stupid ' for nothing, " says he.

Well, they all had their fairings, and the two elder sisiters, the bad ones, they ran off and put on the new dress and the new necklace, and came out and strutted about, preening themselves like herons, now on one leg and now on the other, to see how they looked.

But Little Stupid, she just sat herself down beside the stove, and took the transparent apple and set it in the silver saucer, and she laughed softly to herself.

And then she began spinning the apple in the saucer.

Round and round the apple spun in the saucer, faster and faster, till you couldn't see the apple at all, nothing but a mist like a little whirpool in the silver saucer.

And the little good one looked at it.
Her eyes shone like yours.

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