large/10730/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_17_griffis_64kb_12
large/10730/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_17_griffis_64kb
English
10730
When just about to turn homewards, to ease his mother's anxiety, what should he see, but some cows walking on the surface of the water! In a few minutes, the lady herself, lovelier than ever, rose up and moved towards the shore. WHEN JUST ABOUT TO TURN HOMEWARD TO EASE HIS MOTHER'S ANXIETY WHAT SHOULD HE SEE BUT SOME COWS WALKING ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER IN A FEW MINUTES THE LADY HERSELF LOVELIER THAN EVER ROSE UP AND MOVED TOWARDS THE SHORE
e turned his head and there was the same lady, looking more beautiful than ever. In a moment, he forgot every word he meant to say to her. His tongue seemed to leave him, and he only held out his hand, with the dough in it. But the lake lady, shaking her head, only laughed and said: Thou of the soft bread I will not have thee Though she dived under the water and left him sad and lonely, she smiled so sweetly, as she vanished, that, though again disappointed, he thought she would come again and she might yet accept his gift. His mother told him to try her with bread half baked, that is, midway between hard crust and soft dough. So, having packed his lunch, and much excited, though this time with bright hopes, Gwyn went to bed, though not to sleep. At dawn, he was up again and out by the lake side, with his half baked bread in his hand. It was a day of rain and shine, of sun burst and cloud, but no lady appeared. The long hours, of watching and waiting, sped on, until it was nearly dark. TARTED TO GO BACK TO HIS MOTHER'S CABIN HE TURNED HIS HEAD AND THERE WAS THE SAME LADY LOOKING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER IN A MOMENT HE FORGOT EVERY WORD HE MEANT TO SAY TO HER HIS TONGUE SEEMED TO LEAVE HIM AND HE ONLY HELD OUT HIS HAND WITH THE DOE IN IT BUT THE LAKE LADY SHAKING HER HEAD ONLY LAUGHED AND SAID THOU OF THE SOFT BREAD I WILL NOT HAVE THEE THOUGH SHE DIVED UNDER THE WATER AND LEFT HIM SAD AND LONELY SHE SMILED SO SWEETLY AS SHE VANISHED THAT THOUGH AGAIN DISAPPOINTED HE THOUGHT SHE WOULD COME AGAIN AND SHE MIGHT YET ACCEPT HIS GIFT HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM TO TRY HER WITH BREAD HALF BAKED THAT IS MIDWAY BETWEEN HARD CRUST AND SOFT DOUGH SO HAVING PACKED HIS LUNCH AND MUCH EXCITED THOUGH THIS TIME WITH BRIGHT HOPES GWYNN WENT TO BED THOUGH NOT TO SLEEP AT DAWN HE WAS UP AGAIN AND OUT BY THE LAKE SIDE WITH HIS HALF BAKED BREAD IN HAND IT WAS A DAY OF RAIN AND SHINE OF SUNBURST AND CLOUD BUT NO LADY APPEARED THE LONG HOURS OF WATCHING AND WAITING SPED ON UNTIL IT WAS NEARLY DARK
large/10730/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_17_griffis_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10730/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_17_griffis_64kb.flac