d, that wheneverher mother was in trouble or perplexity, she would go to her room and pray.So the little girl knelt down. Oh, dear God, be good to me and show me the way out of the awful wood, so that 1 can get home safe. At the same time, a humming noise sounded in her ears, clearer and clearer.… … Behind the first sheep, trotted a second, a third, a fourth, until the wholetlock stood around her at the spring. Eadi sheep had a tiny bell around itsnedi and as the sheep came there, the bells gave a gentle tinkle. But wonder of wonders, the little girl could hear them. She could now really…
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