So she goes on, and it was not long before she met the lime-kiln, and said she: “Lime-kiln, lime-kiln of mine, did you see this maid of mine, with my tig, with my tag, with my long leather bag, and with all the gold and silver I have earned since I was a maid?”
Ay,“ said the lime-kiln, ”it is not long since she passed here.
So she goes on, and it was not long before she met the cow, and said she, “Cow, cow of mine, did you see this maid of mine, with my tig, with my tag, with my long leather bag, and all the gold and silver I have earned since I was a maid?”
“Ay,” said the cow, “it is not long since she passed here.”
So she goes on, and it was not long before she met the mill, and said she: “Mill, mill of mine, did you see this maid of mine, with my tig, with my tag, with my long leather bag, and all the gold and silver I have earned since I was a maid?”
And the mill said: “Yes, she is sleeping behind the door.”
She went in and struck her with a white rod, and turned her into a stone. She then took the bag of gold and silver on her back, and went away back home.
A year and a day had gone by after the eldest daughter left home, and when they found she had not returned, the second daughter got up, and she said: “My sister must be doing well and making her fortune, and isn’t it a shame for me to be sitting here doing nothing, either to help you, mother, or myself. Bake me a bannock,” said she, “and cut me a callop, till I go away to push my fortune.”
The mother did this, and asked her would she have half the bannock with her blessing or the whole bannock without.
She said the whole bannock without, and she set off. Then she said: “If I am not back here in a year and a day, you may be sure that I am doing well and making my fortune,” and then she went away.