THE FAIRY GIFTS. 19

      

    

 

 

 

«“Why, then,” said her mother, ‘‘ your

   
 

    

      

sister shall certainly gotoo. See, Fanny,
what falls from that child’s mouth!
Should not the same gift suit you finely?
You have but to go and fetch some water
from the well, and if a poor woman asks
for some, to give it her very politely.”

“A fine sight that would be,” an-