“The little dog was right when she said she was beautiful, this lady.”

And for three days Pretty-Rose walked about,[24] and every one was astounded at her beauty. When the feast was over, the godmother went home. Rose would not leave Pretty-Rose. The godmother told Pretty-Rose that she was born of poor parents, and that she had once helped them, but that what she had given them must be already exhausted. Pretty-Rose gave them enough for all to live grandly. She herself had four children, two boys and two girls; and if they had lived well, they had died well.

Laurentine
Learnt it from her mother.


[1] Cf. Cerquand, Part I., p. 27, “Ancho et les Vaches,” and notes. Also Part II., 34, et seq.

[2] Cf. Cerquand, Part I., pp. 33, 34, “La Dame au Peigne d’Or.”

[3] Cerquand, Part I., p. 30, “Basa-Jauna et le Salve Regina.”

[4] Cerquand, “L’Eglise d’Espés.” “Le Pont de Licq,” Part I., pp. 31, 32, and Part II., pp. 50–52.

[5] But compare the well or marsh of the Basa-Andre in the Tartaro tale, p. 15.

[6] Cerquand, Part I., pp. 32, 33.