To-day they gave me so little that I am nearly starved."
"Dry up your tears, little Two Eyes," said the wise woman; "I will
tell you something to do which will prevent you from ever being hungry
again. You have only to say to your own goat:
"'Little goat, if you're able,
Pray deck out my table,'
and immediately there will be a pretty little table before you full of
all sorts of good things for you to eat, as much as you like. And when
you have had enough, and you do not want the table any more, you need
only say:
"'Little goat, when you're able,
Remove my nice table,'
and it will vanish from your eyes."
Then the wise woman went away. "Now," thought little Two Eyes, "I will
try if what she says is true, for I am hungry," so she said:
"Little goat, if you're able,
Come and deck my pretty table."
The words were scarcely spoken, when a beautiful little table stood
really before her; it had a white cloth and plates, and knives and
forks, and silver spoons, and such a delicious dinner, smoking hot as
if it had just come from the kitchen. Then little Two Eyes sat down
and said the shortest grace she knew--"Pray God be our guest for all
time. Amen"--before she allowed herself to taste anything.
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