Then the lady placed a beautiful star on her forehead, and gave her a big sackful of gold, and told her she might go back to her mother.
The girl thanked the lady, and leaving the house hastened home. When her mother and sisters saw how pretty she was with the star on her forehead, and when they felt the big sack of gold on her shoulder, they were astonished.
Then the eldest sister began to cry and say: “Mother, I will go out and be a servant, too!”
“No! no! my child,” said the mother, “I will not let you go.”
But the girl wept, and would not leave her mother in peace until she said, “Go”; then she set off and walked until she came to the Fairy city.
The handsome lady met her and asked:—
“Where are you going, my child?”
“I am going out to service,” said the girl.
“Will you come with me to my home?” asked the lady.
The girl said she would, so the lady led her to the large and fine house and told her what work she should do that day.