" So each bird took a pea and put down one of its feathers:
and they took all the feathers and made a coat of them and gave it to
her; but still she would not, but asked the henwife once again, who
said, "Say they must first make you a coat of catskin." So they made her
a coat of catskin; and she put it on, and tied up her other coats, and
ran away into the woods.
So she went along and went along and went along, till she came to the
end of the wood, and saw a fine castle. So there she hid her fine
dresses, and went up to the castle gates, and asked for work. The lady
of the castle saw her, and told her, "I'm sorry I have no better place,
but if you like you may be our scullion." So down she went into the
kitchen, and they called her Catskin, because of her dress. But the cook
was very cruel to her and led her a sad life.
Well, it happened soon after that the young lord of the castle was
coming home, and there was to be a grand ball in honour of the occasion.
And when they were speaking about it among the servants, "Dear me, Mrs.
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