The Book of Folk Stories Author:Horace Elisha Scudder Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LITTLE ONE EYE, LITTLE TWO EYES, AND LITTLE THREE EYES. THE GOAT. There was once a woman who had three daughters. The eldest was called Little One Eye, bec... more »ause she had only one eye in the middle of her forehead. The second was called Little Two Eyes, because she had two eyes like other people. The youngest was called Little Three Eyes, because she had three eyes; the third eye was also in the middle of her forehead. Because Little Two Eyes looked like other people, her sisters and her mother could not bear her. They said : — " You have two eyes and are no better than anybody else. You do not belong to us." They knocked her about, and gave her shabby clothes, and fed her with food left over from their meals; in short, they vexed her whenever they could. One day Little Two Eyes was sent into the fields to look after the goat. She was quite hungry, because her sisters had given her so little to eat, and she sat down and began to cry. She cried so hard that a little stream of tears ran out of each eye. All at once a wise woman stood near her, and asked: — "Little Two Eyes, why do you cry?" Little Two Eyes said : — " Have I not need to cry ? Because I have two eyes, like other people, my sisters and my mother cannot bear me. They knock me about; they give me shabby clothes; and they feed me only with the food left over from their table. To-day they have given me so little that I am quite hungry." The wise woman said: — " Little Two Eyes, dry your eyes, and I will tell you what to do. Only say to your goat: ' Little goat, bleat; little table, rise,' and a neatly-laid table will stand before you, covered with food. Eat as much as you like. When you have had all you want, only say : ' Little goat, bleat; little table, away,' and it will be gone." Then the wise woma...« less