The Little Pear Girl -Page 6

stove. Violetta offered them the broom and the women pointed out the way to the witches' palace.

Suddenly, two hungry mastiffs blocked her path. Violetta threw them the loaves, the dogs ate them and let her pass. Then she came to the bank of a river in flood, but

remembering the old woman's advice, she sang:

Clear sparkling river

Let me cross over,