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In the middle of this open space, was a ring of grass. In the ring a little fairy lady was tripping around and singing to herself. Creeping up silently, the anxious mother heard to her joy, a rhymed couplet and caught the sound of a name, several times repeated. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS OPEN SPACE WAS A RING OF GRASS IN THE RING A LITTLE FAIRY LADY WAS TRIPPING AROUND AND SINGING TO HERSELF CREEPING UP SILENTLY THE ANXIOUS MOTHER HEARD TO HER JOY A RHYMED COUPLET AND CAUGHT THE SOUND OF A NAME SEVERAL TIMES REPEATED
 widow, eagerly. "One is, that by our fairy law, I cannot take your boy, until three days have passed. Then, I shall come again, and you shall have the gold; but only on the one condition I have stated." "And the next?" almost gasped the widow. "If you can guess my name, you will doubly win; for then, I shall give you the gold and you can keep your boy." Without waiting for another word, the lady in green scooped up her money, put it back in the bag, and moved off and out the door. The poor woman, at once a widow and mother, and now stripped of her property, fearing to lose her boy, brooded all night over her troubles and never slept a wink. In the morning, she rose up, left her baby with a neighbor, and went to visit some relatives in the next village, which was several miles distant. She told her story, but her kinsfolk were too poor to help her. So, all disconsolate, she turned her face homewards. On her way back she had to pass through the woods, where, on one side, was a clearing. ELL YOU TO CHEER YOU WHAT ARE THEY ASKED THE WIDOW EAGERLY ONE IS THAT BY OUR FAIRY LAW I CANNOT TAKE YOUR BOY UNTIL THREE DAYS HAVE PASSED THEN I SHALL COME AGAIN AND YOU SHALL HAVE THE GOLD BUT ONLY ON THE ONE CONDITION I HAVE STATED AND THE NEXT ALMOST GASPED THE WIDOW IF YOU CAN GUESS MY NAME YOU WILL DOUBLY WIN FOR THEN I SHALL GIVE YOU THE GOLD AND YOU CAN KEEP YOUR BOY WITHOUT WAITING FOR ANOTHER WORD THE LADY IN GREEN SCOOPED UP HER MONEY PUT IT BACK IN THE BAG AND MOVED OFF AND OUT THE DOOR THE POOR WOMAN AT ONCE A WIDOW AND MOTHER AND NOW STRIPPED OF HER PROPERTY FEARING TO LOSE HER BOY BROODED ALL NIGHT OVER HER TROUBLES AND NEVER SLEPT A WINK IN THE MORNING SHE ROSE UP LEFT HER BABY WITH A NEIGHBOUR AND WENT TO VISIT SOME RELATIVES IN THE NEXT VILLAGE WHICH WAS SEVERAL MILES DISTANT SHE TOLD HER STORY BUT HER KINSFOLKK WERE TOO POOR TO HELP HER SO ALL DISCONSOLATE SHE TURNED HER FACE HOMEWARD ON HER WAY BACK SHE HAD TO PASS THROUGH THE WOODS WHERE ON ONE SIDE WAS A CLEARING
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