"
But Two Eyes knew what she had in her mind. So she drove the goat into
the long grass, and said, "Come, One Eye, let us sit down here and
rest, and I will sing to you."
One Eye seated herself, and, not being accustomed to walk so far,
or to be out in the heat of the sun, she began to feel tired, and as
little Two Eyes kept on singing, she closed her one eye and fell fast
asleep.
When Two Eyes saw this, she knew that One Eye could not betray her, so
she said:
"Little goat, if you are able,
Come and deck my pretty table."
She seated herself when it appeared, and ate and drank very quickly,
and when she had finished she said:
"Little goat, when you are able,
Come and clear away my table."
It vanished in the twinkling of an eye; and then Two Eyes woke up One
Eye, and said: "Little One Eye, you are a clever one to watch goats;
for, while you are asleep, they might be running all over the world.
Come, let us go home!"
So they went to the house, and little Two Eyes again left the scraps
on the dish untouched, and One Eye could not tell her mother whether
little Two Eyes had eaten anything in the field; for she said to
excuse herself, "I was asleep."
The next day the mother said to Three Eyes, "You must go to the field
this time, and find out whether there is anyone who brings food to
little Two Eyes; for she must eat and drink secretly.
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