But she only struck him with a stick she had in her hand, and drove him out of her way.
She had not gone much further when she met a sheep, who said: “O, shear me! Shear me I for I haven’t been shorn these seven years.”
But she struck the sheep, and sent it scurrying out of her way.
She had not gone much further when she met a goat tethered, and he said: “O, change my tether! Change my tether! for it hasn’t been changed these seven years.”
But she flung a stone at him, and went on.
Next she came to a lime-kiln, and it said: “O, clean me! Clean me! for I haven’t been cleaned these seven years.”
But she only scowled at it, and hurried on.
After another bit she met a cow, and it said:
“O, milk me! Milk me! for I haven’t been milked these seven years.”
She struck the cow out of her way, and went on.