take me out , take me out , or I shall be burnt to a cinder . I am quite done enough . ' So she stepped up quickly to the oven and took out all the loaves one after the other . Then she went on a little farther and came to a tree laden with beautiful rosy-cheeked apples , and as she passed by it called out : ` Oh I shake me , shake me , my apples are all quite ripe . ' She did as she was asked , and shook the tree till the apples fell like rain and none were left hanging . When she had gathered them all up into a heap she went on her way again , and came at length to a little house , at the door of which sat an old woman . The old dame had such large teeth that the girl felt frightened and wanted to run away , but the old woman called after her : ` What are you afraid of , dear child ? Stay with me and be my little maid , and if you do your work well I will reward you handsomely ; but you must be very careful how you make my bed -- you must shake it well till the feathers fly ; then people in the world below say it snows , for I am Mother Holle . ' She spoke so kindly that the girl took heart and agreed readily to enter her service . She did her best to please the old woman , and shook her bed with such a will that the feathers flew about like snow-flakes ; so she led a very easy life , was never scolded , and lived on the fat of the land . But after she had been some time with Mother Holle she grew sad and depressed , and at first she hardly knew herself what was the matter . At last she discovered that she was homesick , so she went to Mother Holle and said : ' I know I am a thousand times better off here than I ever was in my life before , but notwithstanding , I have a great longing to go home , in spite of all your kindness to me . I can remain with you no longer , but must return to my own people . ' ` Your desire to go home pleases me , ' said Mother Holle , ` and because you have served me so faithfully , I will show you the way back into the world myself . ' So she took her by the hand and led her to an open door , and as the girl passed through it there fell a heavy shower of gold all over her , till she was covered with it from top to toe . ` That 's a reward for being such a good little maid , ' said Mother Holle , and she gave her the spindle too that had fallen into the well . Then she shut the door , and the girl found herself back in the world again , not far from her own house ; and when she came to the courtyard the old hen , who sat on the top of the wall , called out : ` Click , clock , clack , Our golden maid 's come back . ' Then she went in to her stepmother , and as she had returned covered with gold she was welcomed home . She proceeded to tell all that had happened to her , and when the mother heard how she had come by her riches , she was most anxious to secure the same luck for her own idle , ugly daughter ; so she told her to sit at the well and spin . In order to make her spindle bloody , she stuck her hand into a hedge of thorns and pricked her finger .
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