Now, when Little Two Eyes rode away with the Prince, the sisters said:--

“Well, we shall have the tree. We may not pluck the fruit, but every one

will stop to see it and come to us and praise it.” But the next morning

when they went to look at the tree, it was gone.

Little Two Eyes lived long and happily. One day, two poor women came

to her, and asked for something to eat. Little Two Eyes looked at their

faces and knew them. They were Little One Eye and Little Three Eyes.

They were so poor that they were begging bread from door to door. Little

Two Eyes brought them into the house and was very good to them. Then

they both were sorry for the evil they had once done their sister.

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