Stranica 171 [171]
MOTHER HULDA. I 31
coming; so Mother Hulda led her to the door, and as she
stood in the doorway, instead of the shower of gold a great
kettle full of pitch was emptied over her.
‘That is the reward for your service," said Mother Hulda,
and shut the door. So the lazy girl came home all covered
with pitch, and the cock on the top of the well seeing her, cried,
cc Cock-a-doodle doo!
Our dirty girl has come home too!”
And the pitch remained sticking to her fast, and never, as long
as she lived, could it be got off.