By Andrew Lang
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 2)

In the meantime, the wicked stepmother was waiting at home for news of the girl?s death, preparing pancakes for the funeral feast. And she said to her husband, ?Old man, you should go out into the fields and find your daughter?s body and bury her.?

Just as the old man was leaving the house, the little dog under the table began to bark, saying, ?Your daughter will live to make you happy, but her daughter will die tonight.?

?Be quiet, you stupid animal!?...