However, the princess knew nothing about making fires and cooking, and the fiddler was forced to help her.
When they had eaten a very scanty meal they went to bed. The next morning, the fiddler called her up in the wee hours to clean the house.
They lived like that for two days and when they had eaten up all there was in the cottage, the man said, "Wife, we can't make ends meet like this. You must learn to weave baskets."
Then the fiddler went out and cut willows, brought them home, and she began to weave, but it made her fingers very sore and blood oozed out from her tender fingers.
"See now," said the fiddler, "you are good for nothing! What a bargain I have got! I will try and set up a trade in pots and pans, and you shall stand in the market and sell them."
"Alas!" she sighed, "if any of my father's court should pass by and see me standing in the market, how they will ridicule me!"
She sat herself down in the middle of a bustling market, setting up her own earthenware stall. At first the trade went well because many people, seeing such an alluring woman, went to buy her wares and paid their money without even thinking of taking away the goods.
However one day, a drunken soldier came by and rode his horse against her stall, shattering her goods into a thousand pieces.
She whimpered silently and was at wits end. "Ah! what will become of me?" she said, "what will my husband say?" So she ran home and told him everything.
"Who would have thought you would have been so silly," he said, " to put an earthenware stall in the middle of the market where everybody passes? Since you have broken all my wares, you would need to look for another job. I have been to the king's palace, and they wanted a kitchen-maid. There, you will have plenty to eat."
So the princess became a lowly kitchen-maid and helped the cook to do all the dirtiest work. She was allowed to carry home some of the meat that was left over, and they survived on that.
She had not been there long before she heard that the king's eldest son was getting married. She went to one of the windows and looked out. Everything was ready and all the lavish decorations was set, ready for the big occasion. Seeing it, she grieved bitterly for the pride and folly that had brought her so low. The servants gave her some of the rich meats and she stashed them into her basket to take home.
When they had eaten a very scanty meal they went to bed. The next morning, the fiddler called her up in the wee hours to clean the house.
They lived like that for two days and when they had eaten up all there was in the cottage, the man said, "Wife, we can't make ends meet like this. You must learn to weave baskets."
Then the fiddler went out and cut willows, brought them home, and she began to weave, but it made her fingers very sore and blood oozed out from her tender fingers.
"See now," said the fiddler, "you are good for nothing! What a bargain I have got! I will try and set up a trade in pots and pans, and you shall stand in the market and sell them."
"Alas!" she sighed, "if any of my father's court should pass by and see me standing in the market, how they will ridicule me!"
She sat herself down in the middle of a bustling market, setting up her own earthenware stall. At first the trade went well because many people, seeing such an alluring woman, went to buy her wares and paid their money without even thinking of taking away the goods.
However one day, a drunken soldier came by and rode his horse against her stall, shattering her goods into a thousand pieces.
She whimpered silently and was at wits end. "Ah! what will become of me?" she said, "what will my husband say?" So she ran home and told him everything.
"Who would have thought you would have been so silly," he said, " to put an earthenware stall in the middle of the market where everybody passes? Since you have broken all my wares, you would need to look for another job. I have been to the king's palace, and they wanted a kitchen-maid. There, you will have plenty to eat."
So the princess became a lowly kitchen-maid and helped the cook to do all the dirtiest work. She was allowed to carry home some of the meat that was left over, and they survived on that.
She had not been there long before she heard that the king's eldest son was getting married. She went to one of the windows and looked out. Everything was ready and all the lavish decorations was set, ready for the big occasion. Seeing it, she grieved bitterly for the pride and folly that had brought her so low. The servants gave her some of the rich meats and she stashed them into her basket to take home.
Task 3: After reading part 3, discuss with your shoulder partner to come up with 1 - 3 questions from the passage and post them as comments below.
Task 4: Try answering some of the questions which are posted by your friends using clues from the passage. Also, REMEMBER the Do's and Don'ts of comprehension and post your replies as complete sentences.
Task 4: Try answering some of the questions which are posted by your friends using clues from the passage. Also, REMEMBER the Do's and Don'ts of comprehension and post your replies as complete sentences.
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