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⟨else⟩ to do but go and draw water out of the ⟨fountain⟩, and when a certain poor woman asks you to ⟨give⟩ her drink, to give it to her very civilly. It ⟨should⟩ be a very fine sight indeed, said this ill-bred ⟨minx⟩, to see me go draw water. You shall go, ⟨hussy⟩, said the mother, and this minute. So away she went, but grumbling all the way, taking ⟨with⟩ her the best silver tankard in the house.
She was no sooner at the fountain, than she saw ⟨coming⟩ out of the wood, a lady most gloriously ⟨dressed⟩, who came up to her, and asked to drink. ⟨This⟩ was, you must know, the very fairy who appeared to her sister; but had now taken the air ⟨and⟩ dress of a princess, to see how far this girl's ⟨rudeness⟩ would go. 'Am I come hither, said the proud saucy slut, to serve you with water, pray? ⟨I⟩ suppose the silver tankard was brought purely ⟨for⟩ your ladyship: was it? However, you may ⟨drink⟩ of it if you have a fancy."
"You are not over and above mannerly," answered the fairy, without putting herself into a ⟨passion⟩: "Well then, since you have no breeding, and are so very disobliging, I give you for gift, that ⟨at⟩ every word you speak, there shall come out of ⟨your⟩ mouth a snake or a toad." So soon as her ⟨mother⟩ saw her coming, she cried out, "Well, ⟨daughter⟩." "Well mother," answered the pert ⟨hussy⟩, throwing out of her mouth two vipers and ⟨two⟩ toads. "O mercy!" cried the mother, "what is it I see! O, it is that wretch her sister, who has occasioned all this; but she shall pay for it:" and immediately she ran to beat her. The poor child fled away from her, and went to hide herself in the forest not far from thence.— The
