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- a fine lady went to stowe fair. she was pregnant for the first time and, keen to know what the future held for her she consulted an old gypsy woman. "why my dear, i do believe you will have seven babies,". the fine lady went away and thought no more about it
- when the time came for her child to be born, a midwife was summoned to attend the labour. "what have we here? "she exclaimed as she delivered first one baby, then another and another.one by one seven little baby girls were born and laid into a basket
- The fine lady was upset fit to die. "I don't care what the gyspies prophesised ; I will keep only one bay. Take the other six away, "she begged the midwife . " drown them in the river, but what ever you do don't tell my husband, "and she pressed a purse of silver into her hand.so the midwife took the basket of babies down to the river. But on the way she met the husband, a fine gentleman. he heard squealing noises."pray, what have you in that basket?" he asked."oh its nothing but six little kittens i am going to the river to drown them," quoth she.
- "I'm going that way myself," said he, give them to me. I shall deal with them. Whereupon, he took the basket and rode down to the riverWhen the husband got to the riverbank and opened the basket, what did he see, but six little newborn girls.He frowned a dark, dreadful frown, then closing the ker took it away to a secret place.
- Seven years passed. The gentleman and his fine lady prepared to celebrate their daughter's birthday and to givethanks to God for preserving her through infancy they would go to church for a special service, then after wards throw a party to which the whole village was invited "and what shall or daughter wear for this special day!" the husband asked his wife. "Because she was born in October I shall stitch her a dress of autumn colours," the fine lady told him .The little girl's birthday dawned and she was all docked out in nut-brown velvet trimmed in red. The gentleman and his fine lady set off for the church with their pretty little daughter between them.little daughter between them
- They sat in the front pew and said their prayer. The organ played, the choir sang. The minister raised his hand to give the blessing and make the sign of the cross, but he was interrupted. The east door of the church swung open Everyone turned to see who had arrived so late. There standing in the threshold were six little girls, all dressed in nut-brown velvet trimmed in red. All were identical to the fine lady's daughter. 'At the sight of them, the fine lady gave one dreadful scream and fell down dead.'
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