“Ay,” said the horse, “it is not long since she passed here.”
So on she ran, and it was not long until she met the sheep, and said she: “Oh, sheep, sheep 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 sheer, “it is not long since she passed here.”
So she goes on, and it was not long before she met the goat, and said: “Goat, goat 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 goat, “it is not long since she passed here.”
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 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 says 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?”