early the next morning she got up and made the old man describe the way to the sparrow's house. when he saw what was in her mind he tried to keep her from going, but it was useless. she would not listen to one word he said. it is strange that the old woman did not feel ashamed of going to see the sparrow after the cruel way she had treated her in cutting off her tongue in a fit of rage. but her greed to get the big box made her forget everything else. it did not even enter her thoughts that the sparrows might be angry with her as, indeed, they were and might punish her for what she had done.