The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (7)

The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (7)

The bad ones, the elder sisters, were sick with envy.

" Little Stupid, " says the first, " if you will give me your silver saucer and your transparent appl, I will give you my fine necklace. "

" Little Stupid, " says the second, " I will give you my new dress with gold hems if will give me your transparent  apple and your silver saucer."

" Oh, I couldn't do that, " says the Little Stupid, and she goes on spinning the apple in the saucer and seeing what was happening all over the world.

So the bad ones put their wicked heads together and thoght of a plan.

And they took their father's ax, and went into the deep forest and hid it under the bush.

The next day, they waited till afternoon, when work was done, and the little pretty one was spinning her apple in the saucer.

They said,
" Come along, Little Stupid. We are all  going to pick  berries in the forest. "

" Do you really want me to come, too ? " says the little one.
She would rather have played with her apple and saucer.


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