By Andrew Lang
ReadOasis Step 2
(Part 3)

During this time, the two older sisters married the king’s two friends, who had come to visit. And in time, they became mothers of little daughters. One day Maria sneaked into the house where her elder sister lived. She picked up the children put them into a beautiful basket, covered with flowers inside and outside, so that no one would know it held two babies. Then she dressed herself as a boy, and placed the basket on her head. She walked slowly past t...