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MOTHER HULDA. I 31 coming; so Mother Hulda led her to the door, and as she stood in the doorway, instead of the shower of gold a great kettle full of pitch was emptied over her. ‘That is the reward for your service," said Mother Hulda, and shut the door. So the lazy girl came home all covered with pitch, and the cock on the top of the well seeing her, cried, cc Cock-a-doodle doo! Our dirty girl has come home too!” And the pitch remained sticking to her fast, and never, as long as she lived, could it be got off.
