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The stepmother decided to send her own daughter to Mother Holle so that she too could come home covered in gold. Instead, the girl was lazy and Mother Holle sent her home. As she was passing through the gate, instead of the shower of gold, a great bucketful of pitch came pouring over her. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
So the lazy girl had to go home covered with pitch, and the cock on the well called out as she saw her:'Cock-a-doodle-doo!Your dirty daughter's come back to you.'But, try what she would, she could not get the pitch off and it stuck to her as long as she lived. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
The girl, who was only a stepdaughter, was made to do all the work of the house. Her stepmother sent her out every day to sit by the well in the high road, there to spin until she made her fingers bleed. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
The gate was opened and the girl returned back to the world of her home. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
And as the girl passed through, a shower of gold fell upon her, and the gold clung to her, so that she was covered with it from head to foot.'That is a reward for your industry,' said Mother Holle. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
At last in her distress the girl jumped into the water after the spindle.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
One day, some blood fell on to the spindle, and as the girl stopped over the well to wash it off, the spindle suddenly sprang out of her hand and fell into the well. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
The girl could not at first tell why she felt sad, but she became conscious at last the she was homesick, although she was a thousand times better off with Mother Holle than with her mother and sister. Mother Holle agreed to help her get back home. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
She awoke and found herself in a beautiful meadow, full of sunshine, and with countless flowers blooming in every direction. She made her way to a little cottage where she found Mother Holle, who agreed to take her in and help her in exchange for help around the house. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
There was a beautiful girl who lived with her step-mother and step-sister. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
