Speak Bird Speak Again
Speak Bird Speak Again
“He had a son and a daughter whose mother had died. They had a neighbor who was a widow, and every day she kept after the children, putting ideas in their heads.
"Tell me," she would say, "doesn't your father intend to get married?" "No, not yet," they would answer.
"Why, then, don't you say to him," she would urge, "'Father, marry our neighbor.'" "Father," they would go to him and say, "marry our neighbor." "Children, you're still too young," he would answer. "If I get married now, your... aunt will beat you. When you're older I'll marry again." And to his daughter he would say, "I'll wait until you're old enough to fill the water jug." The girl would then go to the woman and say, "Such and such says my father." And the neighbor would go fill the water jug [at the spring], bring it to their house, and urge the girl to say to her father, "Father, I'm now old enough. I've filled the water jug.
Marry our neighbor." "I'll marry when you're old enough to knead the dough," the father would say.MoreLess
"Tell me," she would say, "doesn't your father intend to get married?" "No, not yet," they would answer.
"Why, then, don't you say to him," she would urge, "'Father, marry our neighbor.'" "Father," they would go to him and say, "marry our neighbor." "Children, you're still too young," he would answer. "If I get married now, your... aunt will beat you. When you're older I'll marry again." And to his daughter he would say, "I'll wait until you're old enough to fill the water jug." The girl would then go to the woman and say, "Such and such says my father." And the neighbor would go fill the water jug [at the spring], bring it to their house, and urge the girl to say to her father, "Father, I'm now old enough. I've filled the water jug.
Marry our neighbor." "I'll marry when you're old enough to knead the dough," the father would say.MoreLess
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