And bent her brows as one in doubt.

She spake: "The wood is growing thin,

Into the full light soon shall we win.

Now crouch we that we be not seen,

Under yon bramble-bushes green."

Under the bramble-bush they lay

Betwixt the dusk and the open day.

"O Goldilocks my love, look forth

And let me know what thou seest of worth."

He said: "I see a house of stone,