BREWERY OF EGGSHELLS

In Treneglwys there is a certain shepherd's cot known by the name of

Twt y Cymrws because of the strange strife that occurred there. There

once lived there a man and his wife, and they had twins whom the woman

nursed tenderly. One day she was called away to the house of a

neighbour at some distance. She did not much like going and leaving her

little ones all alone in a solitary house, especially as she had heard

tell of the good folk haunting the neighbourhood.

Well, she went and came back as soon as she could, but on her way back

she was frightened to see some old elves of the blue petticoat crossing

her path though it was midday. She rushed home, but found her two

little ones in the cradle and everything seemed as it was before.

But after a time the good people began to suspect that something was

wrong, for the twins didn't grow at all.

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