stopping a moment to think what she would do , she remembered an old charm - verse . now she began to clap her hands to keep time to the rolling of the peach down stream , and while she clapped she sang this song : " distant water is bitter , the near water is sweet ; pass by the distant water and come into the sweet . "
clapped her hands .
what did the woman do as she sang ?
what did the woman do as she sang ?