The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (11)

The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (11)

When the sun went down, the bad ones came home, and they wailed with false voice and rubbed their eyes to make the tears come.

They made their eyes red, and their noses, too, and they did not look any prettier for that.

" What is the matter with you, little pigeons ? " said the old merchant and his wife.

I would not say " little pigeons " to such bad ones.
Black-hearted crows, I would call them.

And they wail and lament aloudー
" We are miserable forever. Our poor little sister is lost. We looked for her everywhere. We heard the wolves howing. They must have eaten her. "

The old mother and father cries like rivers in springtime, because they loved the little pretty one, who was called Little Stupid because she was so good.

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