Identifier: violetfairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The violet fairy book
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
Subjects: Folklore Fairy tales
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE IMPVDENT YOVNG MEN One day her master happened to pass through thefield where she was working, and was struck by herindustry and stopped to watch her. After a while heput one or two questions to her, and then led her into THE: GIRL -WITH THE WOOD&N HE
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THE MAIDEN WITH WOODEN HELMET 273 his house, and told her that henceforward her only dutyshould be to tend his sick wife. From this time the girlfelt as if all her troubles were ended, but the worst ofthem was yet to come. Not very long after Hatschihime had become maid to %> the sick woman, the eldest son of the house returnedhome from Kioto, where he had been studying all sortsof things. He was tired of the splendours of the townand its pleasures, and was glad enough to be back inthe green country, among the peach-blossoms and sweetflowers. Strolling about in the early morning, he caughtsight of the girl with the odd wooden helmet on her head,and immediately he went to his mother to ask who shewas, and where she came from, and why she wore thatstrange thing over her face. His mother answered that itwas a whim, and nobody could persuade her to lay itaside; whereat the young man laughed, but kept histhoughts to himself. One hot day, however, he happened to be goingtowards home when

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