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Next day, in came the lady in green as before, with her bag of money. Taking her seat at the round table, near the fire, she poured out the gold. Then jingling the coins in the pile, she said: "Now give up your boy, or guess my name, if you want me to help you." NEXT DAY IN CAME THE LADY IN GREEN AS BEFORE WITH HER BAG OF MONEY TAKING HER SEAT AT THE ROUND TABLE NEAR THE FIRE SHE POURED OUT THE GOLD THEN JINGLING THE COINS INTO THE PILE SHE SAID NOW GIVE UP YOUR BOY OR GUESS MY NAME IF YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU
 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. 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. It sounded like "Silly Doot." Hurrying home and perfectly sure that she knew the secret that would save her boy, she set cheerily about her regular work and daily tasks. In fact, she slept soundly that night. 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 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 IT SOUNDED LIKE SILLY DUKE HURRYING HOME AND PERFECTLY SURE THAT SHE KNEW THE SECRET THAT WOULD SAVE HER BOY SHE SET CHEERILY ABOUT HER REGULAR WORK AND DAILY TASKS IN FACT SHE SLEPT SOUNDLY THAT NIGHT
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