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"There, you can have all this, if you will give me all I want." At first, the widow's eyes opened wide, and then she glanced at the cradle, where her baby was sleeping. Then she wondered, though she said nothing. THERE YOU CAN HAVE ALL THIS IF YOU WILL GIVE ME ALL I WANT AT FIRST THE WIDOW'S EYES OPENED WIDE AND THEN SHE GLANCED AT THE CRADLE WHERE HER BABY WAS SLEEPING THEN SHE WONDERED THOUGH SHE SAID NOTHING
h a kindly face. She was very tall and well dressed. Her cloak, her gloves, and shoes, and the ruffles under her high peaked Welsh head dress, were all green. The widow thought she looked like an animated leek. In her right hand was a long staff, and in her left, under her cloak, she held a little bag, that was green, also. "Why do you weep?" asked the visitor. Then the widow told her tale of woe--the story of the loss of her husband, and how a red robber, in spite of the scythe blades set in the chimney, had come down and taken away both her money and her cow. Now, although she had sold all her butter and cream, she could neither pay her rent, nor have any buttermilk with her rye bread and flummery. "Dry your tears and take comfort," said the tall lady in the green peaked hat. "Here is money enough to pay your rent and buy another cow." With that, she sat down at the round table near the peat fire. Opening her bag, the shining gold coins slid out and formed a little heap on the table. HE WIDOW THERE ENTERED AN OLD LADY WITH A KINDLY FACE SHE WAS VERY TALL AND WELL DRESSED HER CLOAK HER GLOVES AND SHOES AND THE RUFFLES UNDER HER HIGH PEAKED WELSH HEAD DRESS WERE ALL GREEN THE WIDOW THOUGHT SHE LOOKED LIKE AN ANIMATED LEEK IN HER RIGHT HAND WAS A LONG STAFF AND IN HER LEFT UNDER HER CLOAK SHE HELD A LITTLE BAG THAT WAS GREEN ALSO WHY DO YOU WEEP ASKED THE VISITOR THEN THE WIDOW TOLD HER TALE OF WOE THE STORY OF THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND AND HOW A RED ROBBER IN SPITE OF THE SCYTHE BLADES SET IN THE CHIMNEY HAD COME DOWN AND TAKEN AWAY BOTH HER MONEY AND HER COW NOW ALTHOUGH SHE HAD SOLD ALL HER BUTTER AND CREAM SHE COULD NEITHER PAY HER RENT NOR HAVE ANY BUTTER MILK WITH HER RYE BREAD AND FLUMMERY DRY YOUR TEARS AND TAKE COMFORT SAID THE TALL LADY IN THE GREEN PEAKED HAT HERE IS MONEY ENOUGH TO PAY YOUR RENT AND BUY ANOTHER COW WITH THAT SHE SAT DOWN AT THE ROUND TABLE NEAR THE PEAT FIRE OPENING HER BAG THE SHINING GOLD COIN SLID OUT AND FORMED A LITTLE HEAP ON THE TABLE
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