She begged me not to cry.

"'Poor little girl, you fell,' said she,

'And must be sadly hurt;'

'Oh, no,' I cried; 'but see my fruit,

All mixed with sand and dirt.'

"'Well, do not grieve for that,' she said;

'Go home, and get some more,'

'Ah, no, for I have stripped the vines,

These were the last they bore.

"'My father, Miss, is very poor,