The yellow fairy book . ;t nightthe moon w;is full she sat and spun with a golden spinning-wheel, Miid then left the wheel on the hank. In a few minuti a Mrushing sound was heard in the water, Miid ;i wave swept (liespinning-wheel from the bank. Immediately the he;nl of the hunterrose up from the pond, getting higher and higher e;ieh moment,till ;it length he stepped on to the bank and fell on his , neck. But the waters of the pond rose up suddenly, ovrrllouidthe bank where the couple stood, Mini drM.;^red them under ihe!l»,,d. In her despair the young wife called on the old \\ilrh tohel
The yellow fairy book . ;t nightthe moon w;is full she sat and spun with a golden spinning-wheel, Miid then left the wheel on the hank. In a few minuti a Mrushing sound was heard in the water, Miid ;i wave swept (liespinning-wheel from the bank. Immediately the he;nl of the hunterrose up from the pond, getting higher and higher e;ieh moment,till ;it length he stepped on to the bank and fell on his , neck. But the waters of the pond rose up suddenly, ovrrllouidthe bank where the couple stood, Mini drM.;^red them under ihe!l»,,d. In her despair the young wife called on the old \\ilrh tohelp her, and in a moment the hunter was turned into a frog andhis wife into a toad. But they were not able to remain together, K2 112 THE NIXY for the water tore them apart, and when the flood was oAer theyboth resumed their own shapes again, but the hunter and thehunters wife found themselves each in a strange country, andneither knew what had become of the other. The hunter determined to become a shepherd, and hia wife. A wave swept the spinning-wheel from the bank too became a shepherdess. So they herded their sheep for manyyears in solitude and sadness. Now it happened once that the shepherd came to the countrywhere the shepherdess lived. The neighbourhood pleased him, andhe saw that the pasture was rich and suitable for his flocks. So hebrought his sheep there, and herded them as before. The shepherdf>jid shepherdess became great friends, but they did not recogniseeach other in the least. THE NIXY 113 But one evening when the moon was full they sat togetherwatching their Hocks, and the shepherd played upon his the shepherdess thought of that evening when she had satat the full moon by the mill-pond and had played on the goldenflute; the recollection was too much for her, and she burst intotears. The shepherd asked her why she was crying, and left herno peace till she told him all her story. Then the scales fellfrom the shepherds eyes, and he recognised his wif
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