And down I sat and cried.

“Just then a pretty little maid

Chanced to be walking by;

She stopped, and looking pitiful,

She begged me not to cry.

“‘Poor little girl, you fell,’ said she,

‘And must be sadly hurt;’

’O no,‘ I cried; ’but see my fruit,

All mixed with sand and dirt.’

“‘Well, do not grieve for that,’ she said,