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<v Speaker 1>A Little kind hearted Girl written by Flora Annie Stale.

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<v Speaker 1>Once upon a time there lived a kind hearted girl.

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<v Speaker 1>Now their father had no work, so the girl began

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<v Speaker 1>to think of going to service. So she packed up

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<v Speaker 1>a bundle, said goodbye, and started to find a place.

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<v Speaker 1>But no one in the town wanted a girl, so

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<v Speaker 1>she went farther into the country, and she journeyed. She

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<v Speaker 1>came upon an oven in which a lot of loaves

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<v Speaker 1>were baking. Now, as she passed the loaves, cried out

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<v Speaker 1>with one voice, little girl, little girl, take us out,

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<v Speaker 1>Please take us out. We have been baking for seven

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<v Speaker 1>years and no one has come to take us out.

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<v Speaker 1>Do take us out, or we shall soon be burnt. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>being a kind, obliging little girl, she stopped, put down

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<v Speaker 1>her bundle, took out the bread, and went on her way, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>you will be more comfortable now. After a time, she

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<v Speaker 1>came to a cow lowing beside an empty bucket, and

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<v Speaker 1>the cow said to her little girl, little girl, milk me,

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<v Speaker 1>please milk me. Seven years have I been waiting, but

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<v Speaker 1>no one has come to milk me. So the kind

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<v Speaker 1>girl stopped, put down her bundle, milked the cow into

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<v Speaker 1>the bucket, and went on her way, saying, now you

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<v Speaker 1>will be more comfortable. By and bye. She came to

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<v Speaker 1>an apple tree so laden with fruit that its branches

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<v Speaker 1>one night to break, and the apple tree called to

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<v Speaker 1>her little girl, Little girl, please shake my branches. The

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<v Speaker 1>fruit is so heavy, I can't stand straight. Then the

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<v Speaker 1>kind girl stopped, put down her bundle, and shook the

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<v Speaker 1>branches so that the apples fell off and the tree

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<v Speaker 1>could stand straight. Then she went on her way, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>you will be more comfortable now. So she journeyed on

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<v Speaker 1>till she came to a house where an old woman lived.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this woman wanted a servant maid and promised good wages.

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<v Speaker 1>Therefore the girl agreed to stop with her and try.

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<v Speaker 1>How she liked service. She had to sweep the floor,

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<v Speaker 1>keep the house clean and tidy, the fire bright and cheery.

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<v Speaker 1>But there was one thing the woman said she must

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<v Speaker 1>never do, and that was looking up the chimney. If

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<v Speaker 1>you do, said the woman, something will fall down on

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<v Speaker 1>you and you will come to a bad end. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the girl swept and dusted and made up the fire,

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<v Speaker 1>but never a penny of wages did she say. Now

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<v Speaker 1>the girl wanted to go home, as she did not

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<v Speaker 1>like the old woman's service that didn't pay her. But

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<v Speaker 1>she did not like to go home penniless, so she

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<v Speaker 1>stayed on sweeping and dusting and doing her work just

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<v Speaker 1>as if she was pleased. Then one day, as she

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<v Speaker 1>was sweeping up the hearth down tumbled some suit, and

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<v Speaker 1>without remembering she was forbidden to look up the chimney.

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<v Speaker 1>She looked up to see where the suit came from,

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<v Speaker 1>and lo and behold, a bag full of gold fell

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<v Speaker 1>plump into her lap. Now the woman happened to be out,

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<v Speaker 1>so the girl thought it a fine opportunity to be

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<v Speaker 1>off home. So she kilted up her dress and started

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<v Speaker 1>to run home. But she had only gone a little

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<v Speaker 1>way when she heard the woman coming after her on

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<v Speaker 1>her broomstick. Now the apple tree she had helped to

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<v Speaker 1>stand straight happened to be quite close, so she ran

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<v Speaker 1>to it and cried, apple tree, apple tree, hide me

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<v Speaker 1>so the old woman can't find me, for if she does,

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<v Speaker 1>she'll pick my bones and bury me under the garden stones.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the apple tree said, of course, I will you

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<v Speaker 1>help me to stand straight? And one good turn deserves another.

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<v Speaker 1>So the apple tree hid her finally in its green branches,

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<v Speaker 1>And when the woman flew past, saying, O, tree of mine,

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<v Speaker 1>O tree of mine? Have you seen my naughty little

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<v Speaker 1>maid with a villy willy wag and a great big bag.

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<v Speaker 1>She's stolen my money all I had. The apple tree answered, no, mother, dear,

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<v Speaker 1>not for seven years. So the woman flew on the

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<v Speaker 1>wrong way, and the girl got down, thanked the tree politely,

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<v Speaker 1>and started again. But just as she got to where

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<v Speaker 1>the cow was standing beside the bucket, she heard the

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<v Speaker 1>woman coming again. So she ran to the cow and cried, cow, cow,

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<v Speaker 1>please hide me so the old woman can't find me,

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<v Speaker 1>for if she does, she'll pick my bones and bury

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<v Speaker 1>me under the garden stones. Certainly I will, answered the cow,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't you milk me and make me comfortable? Hide yourself

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<v Speaker 1>behind me and you'll be quite safe. And when the

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<v Speaker 1>old woman flew by and called to the cow, oh

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<v Speaker 1>cow of mine, Oh cow of mine, have you seen

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<v Speaker 1>my naughty little maid with a villy willy wag and

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<v Speaker 1>a great big bag who stole my money all that

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<v Speaker 1>I had, she just said politely, no, mother, dear, not

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<v Speaker 1>for seven years. Then the old woman went on in

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong direction, and the girl started afresh on her

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<v Speaker 1>way home, but Just as she got to where the

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<v Speaker 1>oven stood, she heard that old woman coming behind her again.

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<v Speaker 1>So she ran as fast as she could to the

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<v Speaker 1>oven and cried, oh, oven, oh, oven, hide me so

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<v Speaker 1>as the old woman can't find me, for if she does,

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<v Speaker 1>she'll pick my bones and bury them under the garden stones.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the oven said, I'm afraid there is no room

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<v Speaker 1>for you, as another batch of bread is baking. But

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<v Speaker 1>there is the baker, ask him. So she asked the baker,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, of course I will. You saved my

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<v Speaker 1>last batch from being burned. So run into the bakehouse.

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<v Speaker 1>You will be quite safe there, and I will settle

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<v Speaker 1>the old woman for you. So she hid in the

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<v Speaker 1>bake house only just in time, for there was the

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<v Speaker 1>old woman calling angrily, Oh man of mine, man of mine,

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<v Speaker 1>have you seen my naughty little maid with a villy

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<v Speaker 1>willy wag and a great big bag who stole my

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<v Speaker 1>money all I had. Then the baker replied, look in

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<v Speaker 1>the oven, she may be there. And the old woman

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<v Speaker 1>alighted from her broomstick and peered into the oven, but

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<v Speaker 1>she could see no one. Creep in and look in

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<v Speaker 1>the farthest corner, said the baker, slyly, and the old

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<v Speaker 1>woman crept in when bang he shut the door in

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<v Speaker 1>her face, and there she was locked in, And when

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<v Speaker 1>she came out with the bread, she was all crisp

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<v Speaker 1>and brown and had to go home as best she could,

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<v Speaker 1>and put cold cream all over her. And the kind,

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<v Speaker 1>obliging little girl got safe home with her bag of money.