THE BOY WHO KNEW WHAT THE BIRDS SAID
went to the well and she looked for long at her image; she put a wreath of flowers on her head and she looked at her image again; she picked berries and ate them; she went along the path without hurrying, singing to herself.—
'Said when he saw
Me all in blue
"Who is the maid
The sky must woo?"
'Said when he saw
Me all in green
"Who is the maid
The grass calls queen?"'
She had to light the fire again when she came in and sweep away the ashes that had gathered on the floor and after she had done all that it was time to prepare the meal for the evening. But before her husband came home she took the spinning wheel out of the corner and put it near the light of the doorway.
"I see," said her husband, "that you are going to spin the wool for my clothes."
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