More English Fairy Tales, part 9 · page 21 2101So she ran to the apple tree and cried:102"Apple-tree, apple-tree hide me, So the old witch can't find me; If she does she'll pick my bones, And bury me under the marble stones."103So the apple-tree hid her.104When the witch came up she said:105"Tree of mine, tree of mine, Have you seen a girl With a willy-willy wag, and a long-tailed bag, Who's stole my money, all I had?"]106"Tree of mine, tree of mine, Have you seen a girl With a willy-willy wag, and a long-tailed bag, Who's stole my money, all I had?"107And the apple-tree said, "No, mother; not for seven year."108When the witch had gone down another way, the girl went on again, and just as she got to the cow heard the witch coming after her again, so she ran to the cow and cried:109"Cow, cow, hide me, So the old witch can't find me; If she does she'll pick my bones, And bury me under the marble stones."110So the cow hid her.111When the old witch came up, she looked about and said to the cow:112"Cow of mine, cow of mine, Have you seen a girl With a willy-willy wag, and a long-tailed bag, Who's stole my money, all I had?"113And the cow said, "No, mother, not for seven year."114When the witch had gone off another way, the little girl went on again, and when she was near the oven she heard the witch coming after her again, so she ran to the oven and cried:115"Oven, oven, hide me, So the old witch can't find me; If she does she'll break my bones, And bury me under the marble stones."116And the oven said, "I've no room, ask the baker," and the baker hid her behind the oven.117When the witch came up she looked here and there and everywhere, and then said to the baker:118"Man of mine, man of mine, Have you seen a girl, With a willy-willy wag, and a long-tailed bag, Who's stole my money, all I had?"1 2← previousMore English Fairy Tales, part 8next →More English Fairy Tales, part 10↑ back to More English Fairy TalesThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/page/2/