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Haftvad's Daughter Finds the Worm

Haftvad's Daughter Finds the Worm

From D6.12, The Story of Haftvad and the Worm. It illustrates D6.12.14–22:

  • D6.12.14
    One day the girls together took their place,And sat with spindles at the mountain’s base.
  • D6.12.15
    They pooled the food they brought to eat that day,And at their meal set all their tools away.
  • D6.12.16
    Beside the path the lucky maiden foundAn apple blown down from a tree to ground.
  • D6.12.17
    She saw it, picked it up, and held it near;Now hear the wondrous tale I tell you here.
  • D6.12.18
    She bit the fruit, and in its flesh she spiedA worm that lay within the apple’s side.
  • D6.12.19
    She lifted it with fingers from its place,And set it gently in her distaff case.
  • D6.12.20
    She took the cotton, saying as she spun,“In God’s name, peerless, partnerless, and One!
  • D6.12.21
    Today, through this small worm, you all shall seeWhat wondrous spinning fortune brings to me.”
  • D6.12.22
    The girls grew merry, laughing in delight,And flashed their silver teeth, all clear and bright.

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