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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. 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
ottage, without making any noise or cutting off his nose, toes, or fingers. Then, robbing the widow of her rent money, he picked the lock of the byre and drove off the cow. In the morning, the poor woman found both doors open, but there was no money and no cow. While she was crying over her loss, and wringing her hands, because of her poverty, she heard a knock at the door. "Come in," said the 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. NE NIGHT SLIPPED DOWN INTO THE WIDOW'S COTTAGE WITHOUT MAKING ANY NOISE OR CUTTING OFF HIS NOSE TOES OR FINGERS THEN ROBBING THE WIDOW OF HER RENT MONEY HE PICKED THE LOCK OF THE BUYER AND DROVE OFF THE COW IN THE MORNING THE POOR WOMAN FOUND BOTH DOORS OPEN BUT THERE WAS NO MONEY AND NO COW WHILE SHE WAS CRYING OVER HER LOSS AND WRINGING HER HANDS BECAUSE OF HER POVERTY SHE HEARD A KNOCK AT THE DOOR COME IN SAID THE 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
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