ABSTRACT
The servant went and said, “Good woman, the queen says that there is food and lodging for you at the palace. Come with me!”
The old woman kept walking as if she had not heard him. “She ate everything!” she said in anguish. The servant returned to the queen and reported, “Your majesty, the old
woman didn’t hear me. I delivered your message, and I heard her say, ‘she ate everything,’ and she uttered such a dreadful sigh that I became frightened.”
