Every day she drove the cattle to pasture, and all the time she thought of nothing but her faithless bridegroom. She was very devoted to a certain little calf in the herd, and made a great pet of it, feeding it out of her own hands. She taught it to kneel before her, and then she whispered in its ear:
“Kneel, little calf, kneel;
Be faithful and leal,
Not like Prince Fickle
Who once on a time
Left his fair Helena
Under the lime.”
–from Andrew Lang, The Green Fairy Book
I really like this.
Glad to hear it! I notice I left off the link for the whole story. It’s here: http://www.classicreader.com/book/2191/22/. I think the story itself must be a variant on Cinderella.
Thanks! I’ll check it out. I’m always up for reading short stories as I write them myself.
Me too. 🙂 At least I try my hand at it every once in a while. By the way, Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books (there are a whole bunch of colors) are free on Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30580/30580-h/30580-h.htm Enjoy!
Thanks!