The Tale of the marmot
Lureley woman, the good and beautiful water woman, traveled over land, and when they in Hesse into the mountains and into the wild forest came, the sun was already to their demise, And always she had not found a fountain to stay where they could. It was therefore a little worried and then lay down and when to listen to the earth, if they do not hear muttering a well.
When she also listened once so she could hear the clatter of a herd of sheep and hastened after the district where the noise sounded, because they knew that the shepherds staying near the fountain you. Before long, they went through the forest when a beautiful lawn in front of her, after which a small flock was grazing, as they emerged, however, plunged the sheep, by their appearance frightened after the other side of the meadow of the forest, and also saw them a young shepherd girl run after the herd, to hold her back. The shepherdess had a black skirt on, her bodice was red, her cap and black, and her hair hung in two long blond braids down her shoulders, and while she ran, she spun on a distaff anxious. At last they had gathered the herd again, and now that she saw the beautiful water woman who had a blue with silver-embroidered on skirt, she was still frightened and threw himself humbly on his knees. Lureley woman approached her, but she picked it up and spoke very kindly to her: "My child! Fear not, I'm a traveling girl looking for water and a fountain, where I can stay for now, will you show me a well, and I will reward you. "
" With pleasure, my fair lady, "said the shepherdess. "I just have to read my Spinning my distaff and basket of strawberries, then I drive the herd to a very nice fountain, is not far from here to soak it and wash my strawberries there" -. "Come, Give me your coat, "said the friendly water lady," I will spin a little while, so your strawberries gather pace, so we get more of the well. "
The shepherdess gave her skirt and tried strawberries, they suddenly such quantity found that her basket heaped quickly was full. .'s "I'm quite happy," she said, my little basket "already full, now I want to lead you to the Well" Good, "said the friendly water lady, the shepherdess drifted above their flock and followed her to the side of the water lady by the beautiful and calm evening.
What's your name, my dear child? Said "Lureley. The shepherdess said.! "My name is Marmot -" groundhog "said Lureley surprised," Groundhog! Who has given you for these ugly names? You're so kind, have pretty red cheeks and a pair of bright blue eyes! We see from so no groundhog had spoken "When Lureley so they saw that the shepherdess was weeping, and asked her now very, not to cry and tell her what a grief grieve for them. !
"Oh, dear lady water," said the shepherdess, "I often cry in the meadow, because I feel quite sick. Not far from here, in the wild forest, living my mother and my sister, they love me not, nothing I can do right, they give me so much work that I can never quite do, and I will do everything at home to do is: wash, make a fire to sweep facility and stable, but also drive the herd and care for and bring all the evening the distaff and spun a whole basket of strawberries to go home, and is missing only the Least in these tasks, they give me the piece of bread is not what I live, or take my straw, after which I sleep, that I have to sleep hungry on the hard ground, I say to all the no single word, and suffer all with patience, but when my sister hits me and I still cry, then they grumble call this, and so they gave me the name of marmot. Oh! when the sun goes down, I'm always sad at all, for now I must go home, and then goes to my grief and suffering. When I think about the day here in the forest have, as I do have peace, because I am well and all the birds know me and greet me and jumping around me when I read strawberries, and sitting on my rock when I spin, and so I bring the day with some rest, but I always see with fear and trembling to the sun, when I see that it appears from the trees reduced, for then comes the evening, and I must go home, where I expect to need and misery. "
While this tale they had approached the fountain. ! My dear groundhog said, "Lureley," now we must part, I will tonight here at the well woman this spring live and tomorrow to stay at daybreak on, and now I would still like a souvenir from you and would also give you something, for I'm very good, my dear child - "Oh," said Marmot, "what I have poor little girl, I could give you, "
" I'll tell you, "replied Lureley," How can we manage to make: Give me your clothes, I'll give you my, because it gives me the silver long skirt but a hindrance to the trip, and I'll be able to go in your short skirts a lot faster. "Dormouse had now to go with the woman Lureley clothes, and then you comb your hair and weave as they carried it themselves. But as she wondered when her hair from the woman Lureley pearls and precious stones fell into his lap. "The I give you all," said Mrs. Lureley, "now wants to look at myself in the well, like me your dress is," and as she looked into the well, she said: "Oh, very pretty," and jumped down into the well.
marmot was now on the well and said, "Goodbye, goodbye, dear Miss Water! Groundhog not forget the poor "appeared
Since women Lureley out again and said," My dear child! endure everything with patience, be pious, hardworking and humble, and if you are in great distress, cast up in the fountain, and I will say the fountain woman who lives there, that they accept your will. Now farewell, "Since they disappeared.
marmot looked down yet, and she decorated her own image in the water level looked so beautiful, she did not think that it is itself and only said always: "The more, the beautiful, beloved Lureley Now she washed her strawberries in the water and then allowed to drink their flock, took the distaff and the strawberry basket and went home, more to love Woman thinking than on the hard encounter, they would suffer.
But when they saw rise up the moon over the trees, they took a great fear that it was already so late, and she hurried fearfully into her hut, the sheep drive to the barn, took her distaff and her strawberries and took the door.
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