The Three Spinners (3)

The Three Spinners (3)

The Queen took the girl into a large room.
It was full of flax.

" You must spin all this flax, " said the Queen.
" When you have finished, you may marry my son ! I like people who work hard. "

When the Queen had gone, the girl sat down and wept bitterly.
She would never be able to spin all this flax.
Not even in a hundred years.

She kept on crying for three days without doing a stroke of work.

On the fourth day the Queen came in.

She was very surprised to see that the girl had done no work.

The girl dare not tell her the truth.
" Don't let the Queen know. "she thought.
She said, " I am homesick, and have cried all the time. "

The Queen believed her, and said, " Heaven knows you tried. Here you stand in the light of day. Tomorrow you must begin spinning, dear child. "

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