The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-18
MOTHER HOLLE.

two daughters. one pretty and indus
trious, the other ugly and idle. But
she loved the lazy child the best. and
made the other, therefore, do all the
hard work of the house even be
the cinder maid. And when all was
clean in the kitchen, the unkind
mother would send the little maiden
into the street to spin she had to sit
on the edge Of the wall and spin until
the blood ran from her tinger-ends.
Now, it happened that one day she
stained the spool with her bleeding
hands. and so she thought she would
wash it In the well, but as she stOop-
ed to do so, it fell into the water and
sank. Weeping bitterly, she ran to
tell her mother of this misfortune; but
the cruel woman cried, with her loud,
scolding voice: LAS YOU let the
spool fall, you must fetch it up again.
So the maiden, quite bewildered by
her sorrow, jumped into the deep
well. When she opened her eyes
again, she found herself i'm a beauti-
full meadow of flowers, while the
sun shone brightly over all.
She presently came to an
oven full of bread. The loaves called
to her. saying. Take us out! take us
out or we shall burn.-we are quite
baked enough"
She stepped up and took them out.
Going ON again, she reached an apple
tree weighed down with fruit; it also
cried, entreatingly, "Oh, shake me!
shake me all my apples are ripe
She shook the tree till not one was
left hanging. At last she arrived at
little house, from which there peeped
an old woman, whose teeth were so
long that the maiden felt afraid and
began to run away. The old woman,
however, called: Don't be afraid,
dear child; come back and live with
me. If you will keep the house neat
and clean. You shall be happy; only
he sure to shake nv bed well, and
make the feathers fly about, for then
it SHOWS on earth. | am Mother
Holle"'
As the old woman spoke so kindly,
the maiden STAYED with her, and did
all she could TO please her, and never
neglected to shake the bed well. But
after awhile she longed to return
home. At last she ventured to tell
her mistress.
II am sorry you wish to leave me-"
replied Mother Hole; "but as YOU
have served me truly, | will take you
home myself"
She then took her by the hand, and
led her to great gate; as soon as it
was open, and the maiden was pass
ing out, shower of gold fell upon
her, SO that she was quite glittering
with wealth.
This is all yours" said Mother
Hole; cit Is the reward of your in
dustry;" and then she gave her the
spool that had fallen into the well.
When the gate closed the child
found herself in the world again, and
close BY her mothers house. And
when her mother saw all the riches
she. too, made her welcome Then
the mother determined that her idle
daughter should likewise try her luck.
80 the lazy maiden sat on the edge of
the well and spun; and, in order to
stain the spool. she pricked her finger
with a thorn, then, throwing the
spool into the water, she jumped i'm
after it. She, two, found herself i'm
the beautiful meadow. and tosk the
same path that her sister had done.
When she arrived at the oven, the
loaves again cried: Take us out,
take us out, or We shall burn we
are quite baked enough"
But the idle girl answered: 81
don't intend to dirty myself with
you !" and went on.
Presently she came to the apple
tree, which called out as it had before:
"Oh, shake me shake me all my
apples are ripe"
81 am glad to know il" she replied.
"I'll take care that none fall on my
head" and so continued her journey.
When she at last met Mother HOLE,
she at once asked to be hired.
The first day she really did her
best, for she thought continually of
the gold that was to be her reward.
On the second, she was somewhat
lazy again; and on the third, she did
not shake one feather Of Mother
Holes bed. The old woman told her
to return hsme. Tie idle maiden
was glad to do so, and expected now
to receive the golden shower. Mother
Hole led her to the great gate; but
as she was passing out, instead of
gold, a kettle of pitch wss emptied