human
You are so pretty, so good and courteous, that I cannot help giving you a gift. For this was a fairy, who had taken the form of a poor country-woman, to see how far the civility and good manners of this pretty girl would go.
gpt
I will give you for gift, continued the Fairy,
human
I beg your pardon, mamma, said the poor girl,
gpt
What is it I see there? said her mother, quite astonished.
human
I think pearls and diamonds come out of the girl's mouth! How happens this, my child?
gpt
Truly, cried the mother,
human
I must send my own dear child thither. Fanny, look at what comes out of your sister's mouth when she speaks. Would you not be glad, my dear, to have the same gift? You have only to go and draw water out of the fountain, and when a poor woman asks you to let her drink, to give it to her very civilly.
gpt
WITH ALL MY HEART, GOODY.
human
I should like to see myself going to the fountain to draw water,
gpt
I insist you shall go, said the mother,