PART I.

be-tray', to tell, to disclose.
de-li'cious [de-lish'us], agreeable.
en-dure', to bear with patience.

hillock, a little hill.
tor-ment'ed, vexed.
ut'tered [ut'terd], spoken.

1. THERE was a woman who had three daughters. The eldest was called Little One Eye, because she had only one eye, and that was in the middle of her forehead; the second, Little Two Eyes, because she had two eyes like other people; and the youngest, Little Three Eyes,

because she had three eyes, one of them being also in the middle of the forehead. But, because Little Two Eyes looked no different from other people, her sisters and mother could not endure her. They said, “You with your two eyes are no better than anybody else; you do not belong to us." They knocked her about, and gave her shabby clothes, and food which was left over from their own meals; in short, they tormented her whenever they could.

2. It happened that Little Two Eyes had to go out into the fields to look after the goat; but she was quite hungry, because her sisters had given her so little. to eat. She sat down on a hillock, and began to cry, and cried so much that two little streams ran down out of each eye. And as she looked up once in her sorrow, a woman stood near her, who asked, "Little Two Eyes, why do you cry?"

3. Little Two Eyes answered, "Have I not need to cry? Because I have two eyes, like other people, my sisters and my mother can not bear me. They push me out of one corner into the other, give me shabby clothes, and nothing to eat but what they leave. Today they have given me so little that I am still quite hungry."

4. The wise woman said, "Little Two Eyes, dry your tears, and I will tell you something which will keep you from ever again being hungry. Only say to your goat, Little goat, bleat; little table, rise,' and a neatlylaid table will stand before you with the most delicious food on it, so that you can eat as much as you like. And when you are satisfied, and do not want the table any more, only say, 'Little goat, bleat; little table,

away,' and it will disappear before your eyes." Then the wise woman went out of sight.

5. Little Two Eyes thought, "I must try directly if it is true, what she has said, for I am much too hungry to wait." So she said, "Little goat, bleat; little table, rise e; and scarcely had she uttered the words, when there stood before her a little table, covered with a white cloth, on which were laid a plate, knife and fork, and a silver spoon. The most delicious food was there also, and smoking hot, as if just come from the kitchen. Little Two Eyes said the shortest grace that she knew,-"Lord, be our guest at all times. Amen,' and then began to eat the food, which she found very good. When she had had enough, she said, as the wise woman had taught her, "Little goat, bleat; little table, away." In an instant the little table, and all that stood on it, had disappeared again. "That is a beautiful, casy way of housekeeping," thought Little Two Eyes, and was quite happy and merry.

6. In the evening, when she came home with her goat, she found a little earthen dish with food, which her sisters had put aside for her; but she did not touch any thing—she had no need. On the next day she went out again with her goat, and let the few crusts that were given her remain uneaten. The first time and the second time, the sisters took no notice; but, when the same thing happened every day, they remarked it, and said, "All is not right with Little Two Eyes: she always leaves her food, and she used formerly to eat up every thing that was given her. She must have found other ways of dining."

7. In order to discover the truth, they resolved that

Little One Eye should go with Little Two Eyes when she drove the goat into the meadow, and see what she did there, and whether anybody brought her any thing to eat and drink. So when Little Two Eyes set out again, Little One Eye came to her, and said, "I will go with you into the field, and see that the goat is taken proper care of, and driven to good pasture."

8. But Little Two Eyes saw what Little One Eye had in her mind, and drove the goat into long grass, saying, "Come, Little One Eye, we will sit down; I will sing you something." Little One Eye sat down, being tired from the unusual walk and from the heat of the sun; and Little Two Eyes kept on singing, "Are you awake, Little One Eye? Are you asleep, Little One Eye?" Then Little One Eye shut her one eye, and fell asleep. When Little Two Eyes saw that Little One Eye was fast asleep, and could not betray any thing, she said, "Little goat, bleat; little table, rise," and sat herself at her table, and ate and drank till she was satisfied; then she called out again, “Little goat, bleat; little table, away," and instantly every thing disappeared.

9. Little Two Eyes now woke Little One Eye, and said, "Little One Eye, you pretend to watch, and fall asleep over it, and in the mean time the goat could have run all over the world: come, we will go home." Then they went home, and Little Two Eyes let her dish. again stand untouched; and Little One Eye, who could not tell the mother why her sister would not eat, said. as an excuse, "Oh, I fell asleep out there."

26.- LITTLE ONE EYE, LITTLE TWO EYES, AND LITTLE THREE EYES.

PART II.

dis-ap-peared', went out of sight, | im-pa'tient [im-pā'shent], out of

vanished.

en'vi-ous, feeling envy, jealous. fa-tigued' [fa-teegd'], tired.

patience.

pros'per, succeed.

suf'fer, bear, put up with.

1. THE next day the mother said to Little Three Eyes, "This time you shall go and see if Little Two Eyes eats out of doors, and if any one brings her food and drink; for she must eat and drink secretly." So Little Three Eyes went to Little Two Eyes, and said, "I will go with you, and see whether the goat is taken proper care of, and driven to good pasture." But Little Two Eyes saw what Little Three Eyes had in her mind, and drove the goat into long grass, and said as before, "We will sit down here, Little Three Eyes; I will sing you something."

2. Little Three Eyes seated herself, being fatigued from the walk and the heat of the sun; and Little Two Eyes began the same song again, and sang, "Are you awake, Little Three Eyes?" But instead of singing then as she should, "Are you asleep, Little Three Eyes?" she sang, through carelessness, "Are you asleep, Little Two Eyes?" and went on singing, "Are you awake, Little Three Eyes? Are you asleep, Little Two Eyes?" So the two eyes of Little Three Eyes fell asleep, but the third did not go to sleep, because it was not spoken to by the verse.