The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ; for the Dog said he had foundforged letters on the Sausage, whereby her life was forfeit tohim. The Bird took the wood and flew sadly home with it, andrelated what he had seen and heard. They were much upset,but they determined to do the best they could and staytogether. So the Bird laid the table, and the Mouse preparedtheir meal. She tried to cook it, and, like the Sausage, todip herself in the vegetables so as to flavour them. But before 109 GRIMMS FAIRY TALES she got well into the midst of them she came to a stand-still, and in the attempt lost her
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ; for the Dog said he had foundforged letters on the Sausage, whereby her life was forfeit tohim. The Bird took the wood and flew sadly home with it, andrelated what he had seen and heard. They were much upset,but they determined to do the best they could and staytogether. So the Bird laid the table, and the Mouse preparedtheir meal. She tried to cook it, and, like the Sausage, todip herself in the vegetables so as to flavour them. But before 109 GRIMMS FAIRY TALES she got well into the midst of them she came to a stand-still, and in the attempt lost her hair, skin, and life itself. When the Bird came back and wanted to serve up the meal,there was no cook to be seen. The Bird in his agitationthrew the wood about, called and searched everywhere, butcould not find his cook. Then, owing to his carelessness, thewood caught fire and there was a blaze. The Bird hastenedto fetch water, but the bucket fell into the well and the Birdwith it; he could not recover himself, and so he was The Bird took the wood and flew sadly home with it. 110 Mother Hulda THERE was once a widow who had two daughters;one of them was beautiful and industrious, the otherwas ugly and lazy. She liked the ugly, lazy onebest, because she was her own daughter. The other one hadall the rough work, and was made the Cinderella at poor girl had to sit in the street by a well, spinning tillher fingers bled. New one day her bobbin got some blood upon it, and shestooped down to the well to rinse it, but it fell out of her handinto the water. She cried, and ran to tell her stepmotherof her misfortune. Her stepmother scolded her violently and without mercy,and at last said, If you have let the bobbin fall into thewater, you must go in after it and fetch it out. The maiden went back to the well and did not know whatto do, and in her terror she sprang into the water to try andfind the bobbin. She lost consciousness, and when she came to herself shewas in
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