The woman drank, and then said, "You are so kind and good, my dear, that I will give you a gift."
Now this old woman was a fairy, but the girl did not know it.
"I will give you a gift," she said, "and this shall be the gift: With every word that you speak, either a flower or a jewel shall fall from your mouth."
When the younger girl came home, her mother scolded her because she had been so long at the spring.
"I am very sorry indeed, mother," said the girl.
At once two roses, two pearls, and two diamonds fell from her mouth.
"What is this!" cried the mother. "I think I see pearls and diamonds falling out of your mouth! How does this happen, my child?"
This was the first time the woman had ever called her "my child."
The girl told her all that had happened, and while she spoke, many more diamonds fell from her mouth.