“If winter clothing I could choose,
I’d buy two pairs of over shoes.”
The Old Woman knew as well as you or I that overshoes cost money, but she loved all the animals in the woods so she let Bushy-Tail help himself to her fairy gold, and he went off to buy overshoes.
Bushy-Tail Goes Off to Buy Overshoes
The Old Woman began to spin as before, singing:
“Spinning, spinning, round and round,
Goes the wheel with pleasant sound;
Hurry, hurry and don’t mistake
Spin enough to buy a cake.”