had thrown to her, but
she did not touch it. The next day she went out again with her goat, and
left the few scraps which were given her. The first and second times her
sisters did not notice this, but when it happened continually, they
remarked it and said, 'Something is the matter with Little Two-eyes, for
she always leaves her food now, and she used to gobble up all that was
given her. She must have found other means of getting food.' So in order
to get at the truth, Little One-eye was told to go out with Little
Two-eyes when she drove the goat to pasture, and to notice particularly
what she got there, and whether anyone brought her food and drink.

Now when Little Two-eyes was setting out, Little One-eye came up to her
and said, 'I will go into the field with you and see if you take good
care of the goat, and if you drive him properly to get grass.' But
Little Two-eyes saw what Little One-eye had in her mind, and she drove
the goat into the long grass and said, 'Come, Little One-eye, we will
sit down here, and I will sing you something.' Little One-eye sat down,
and as she was very much tired by the long walk to which she was not
used, and by the hot day, and as Little Two-eyes went on singing

'Little One-eye, are you awake?
Little One-eye, are you asleep?'

she shut her one eye and fell asleep. When Little Two-eyes saw that
Little One-eye was asleep and could find out nothing, she said,

'Little goat, bleat,
Little table, appear,'

and sat down at her table and ate and drank as much as she wanted. Then
she said again,

'Little goat, bleat,
Little table, away.'

and in the twinkling of an eye all had vanished.

Little Two-eyes then woke Little One-eye and said, 'Little One-eye, you
meant to watch, and, instead, you went to sleep; in the meantime the
goat might have run far and wide. Come, we will go home.' So they went
home, and Little Two-eyes again left her little dish untouched, and
Little One-eye could not tell her mother why she would not eat, and said
as an excuse, 'I was so sleepy out-of-doors.'

The next day the mother said to Little Three-eyes, 'This time you shall
go with Little Two-eyes and watch whether she eats anything out in the
fields, and whether anyone brings her food and drink, for eat and drink
she must secretly.' So Little Three-eyes went to Little Two-eyes and
said, 'I will go with you and see if you take good care of the goat, and
if you drive him properly to get grass