The Three Spinners (5 完)

The Three Spinners (5 完)

On the wedding day the prince was happy.
The girl was so pretty.

" I have one wish, " said the bride.
" I have invited my three old aunts to the wedding whom I should like you to meet. "

And she took him to meet the three ugly old women.

The prince looked at them in astonishment.
" How did you get such a large foot, ad that long thumb, and that horrible hanging lip ? " he asked.

" From spinning all day, " they replied.
" From licking the flax, from twining the thread and threading the wheel. "

The prince was horrified !
" Never again in your life must you touch a spinning-wheel, " he told his young wife.

The bride was so happy.
" I am one with the prince and the sky. Here I stand, here I'll stay."
She kissed him and she kissed the three old women.

Never again was she asked to do any spinning.

(5/5 完)