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'That is a reward for your industry,' said Mother Holle, and as

she spoke she handed her the spindle which she had dropped into

the well.

The gate was then closed, and the girl found herself back in the

old world close to her mother's house. As she entered the

courtyard, the cock who was perched on the well, called out:

'Cock-a-doodle-doo! Your golden daughter's come back to you.'

Then she went in to her mother and sister, and as she was so

richly covered with gold, they gave her a warm welcome. She

related to them all that had happened, and when the mother heard

how she had come by her great riches, she thought she should like

her ugly, lazy daughter to go and try her fortune. So she made

the sister go and sit by the well and spin, and the girl pricked

her finger and thrust her hand into a thorn-bush, so that she

might drop some blood on to the spindle; then she threw it into

the well, and jumped in herself.