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Young Kate
A long time ago old Miss Daw lived in a narrow home on the
edge of the town, and young Kate was her little servant.
One day Kate was sent up to clean the attic windows,
and as she cleaned them she could see all the meadows that lay outside the town.
So when her work was done she said to Miss Daw,
"Mistress, ..."
"... may i go out to the meadows?"
"Oh, no!"
said Miss Daw.
"You musn't go in the meadows."
"Why not, Mistress?"
"Because you might meet the Green Woman. Shut the gate, ..."
"... and get on with your sewing."
The next week Kate cleaned the windows again, and as she cleaned them she saw the
river that ran in the valley.
So when her work was done she said to Miss Daw,
"Mistress, ..."
"... may i go down to the river?"
"Oh, no!"
said Miss Daw.
"You must ..."
"... never go down to the river"
"Why ever not, Mistress?"
"Because you might meet the River King."
"Bar the door, and polish the brasses."
The next week when Kate cleaned the attic wiindows, she saw the woods that grew up the
hillside.
And after her work was done she went to Miss Daw and said, "Mistress, ...
... may I go up to the woods?"
"Oh, no!"
said Miss Daw.
"Don't ever go up to the woods!"
"Oh, Mistress, ..."
"... why not?"
"Because you might meet the Dancing Boy. Draw the blinds and peel the potatoes."
Miss Daw sent Kate no more to the attic,
so she stayed in the house mended the stockings, and polished the brass,
and peeled the potatoes.
Then Miss Daw died, and Kate had to find another place to live.
Her new home was in the town on the other side of the hills,
and as kate had no money to ride, she was obliged to walk.
But she did not talk by the road.
As soon as she could she went into the fields,
and the first thing she saw there
was that Green Woman planting flowers.
"Good morning, ..."
"... young Kate,"
said she.
"And where are you going?"
"Over the hill to the town,"
said Kate.
"You should have taken the road, if you meant to go quick,"
said the Green Woman,
"for I let nobody pass through my meadows ..."
"... who does not stop to plant a flower."
"I'll do that willingly," said Kate,
and she took the green woman's trial
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