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The Girl Who Sat By The Ashes (1919) (Paperback)
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The Girl Who Sat By The Ashes (1919) (Paperback)
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GIRbG0-WrrH-THE, J aAT5 L9SE5 HUSE . Irl-go-with-the-goats
remembered on the moment what she had to do to make the house
well-ordered for her step-mother's return. She ran to the door and
pushed past her step-sisters, and, taking the besom out of the
corner, she started to sweep the floor up towards the hearth. And
then she heard Buttercup and Berry-bright talking to their mother
as they came up the loaning. " Oh, Mother," said Buttercup, "I am
as glad to see you as if you had brought a Roc's Egg to me." "Oh,
what will I say to Dame Dale so that she will know I am as glad as
Buttercup is to see her back?" said Girl-go-with-the-Goats. "A
Roc's Egg I could never think of anything as magnificent as that "
"Oh, Mother," said Berry-bright, "I am as glad to see you as if you
had brought a Phoenix Feather to me." "A Phoenix Feather " said
Girl-go-with-the- Goats. "I could never think of anything as
magnificent as that." And then Dame Dale was at the door-way.
Girl-go-with-the-Goats went on sweeping towards the hearth and her
back was towards her. And when she entered the house Dame Dale
said, "I have to get the welcome from the hearth yet. And what do
you say to me, fosterling?" Girl-go-with-the-Goats turned round to
Dame Dale, the besom in her hands and her face all red with
blushes. "I am more pleased to see you," said she, "than if you had
brought salt to the house when it was lacking it." "The idea " said
Buttercup. "The idea " said Berry-bright. But
Girl-go-with-the-Goats knew what it was for the house to be without
salt for the bread, and salt for the porridge, and salt for the
egg. And if the house had been without it there would have been
nothing more welcome than salt coming in. But Dame Dale was angry
when instead of hearing of a Roc's Egg ...
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