ABSTRACT

There lived and dwelt an old man with his old woman. They had a son and a daughter. The old woman had started the yeast to bake bread. On that very morning, she had sent the girl out into the garden for some cabbage leaves.† And there coming toward her Runs a kitty— Golden earrings. The kitty into the water, The girl into the water, The kitty follows her nose, The girl follows her nose, The kitty goes into the woods, The girl goes into the woods, The kitty goes into the hut, The girl goes into the hut.