The Waldorf family . terribly frightened, for she had not expected to beswung about at the end of the cows tail, with thewhole country lying a thousand feet below she twisted her hands tightly in the tuftof silky hair, and before she had time to growdizzy, she found herself seated on the door-stepof her mothers cottage, with her milk-pail besideher. The sun was rising when she arrived home,and her mother, who had that moment missed her,was just coming out of the door to look for course, the poor widow was very happy to findherself in possession of so fine a cow; but her joywas i
The Waldorf family . terribly frightened, for she had not expected to beswung about at the end of the cows tail, with thewhole country lying a thousand feet below she twisted her hands tightly in the tuftof silky hair, and before she had time to growdizzy, she found herself seated on the door-stepof her mothers cottage, with her milk-pail besideher. The sun was rising when she arrived home,and her mother, who had that moment missed her,was just coming out of the door to look for course, the poor widow was very happy to findherself in possession of so fine a cow; but her joywas increased tenfold when Snowdrop began tomilk the beautiful animal, for the milk flowedthrough her fingers like water from a filled all the earthen bowls, and pitchers, andpans she could find ; then she mustered all thewooden pails and churns in the neighborhood, butstill the milk continued to flow, until they beganto be afraid that the cow would occasion an inun-dation of all the low grounds in Brittany. I
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