human
Because you have done this faithless thing, it said,
gpt
I will serve seven times seven years and a day if you will only come back. Tell me what I am to do.
human
I will place you in service, and there you must remain and do good work for seven years and a day, and you must listen to no man who may seek to beguile you to leave that service. If you do I will never return.
gpt
Here they need a laundry-maid, said the bird-husband.
human
Go in, ask to see the mistress, and say you will do the work; but remember you must do it for seven years and a day.
gpt
But I cannot do it for seven days, answered the girl.
human
I cannot wash or iron.
gpt
That matters nothing, replied the bird.
human
All you have to do is to pluck three feathers from under my wing close to my heart, and these feathers will do your bidding whatever it may be. You will only have to put them on your hand, and say, 'By virtue of these three feathers from over my true love's heart may this be done,' and it will be done.
gpt
By virtue of these three feathers from over my true love's heart may the copper be lit, the clothes sorted, washed, boiled, dried, folded, mangled, ironed,