Two-eyes now awakened One-eye, and said,
"One-eye, you want to take care of the goat, and go to sleep while
you are doing it, and in the meantime the goat might run all over
the world. Come, let us go home again." So they went home, and again
Two-eyes let her little dish stand untouched, and One-eye could not
tell her mother why she would not eat it, and to excuse herself said,
"I fell asleep when I was out."
Next day the mother said to Three-eyes, "This time thou shalt go and
observe if Two-eyes eats anything when she is out, and if any one
fetches her food and drink, for she must eat and drink in secret." So
Three-eyes went to Two-eyes, and said, "I will go with you and see if
the goat is taken proper care of, and driven where there is food." But
Two-eyes knew what was in Three-eyes' mind, and drove the goat into high
grass and said, "We will sit down, and I will sing something to you,
Three-eyes." Three-eyes sat down and was tired with the walk and with
the heat of the sun, and Two-eyes began the same song as before, and sang,
"Three eyes, are you waking?"
but then, instead of singing,
"Three eyes, are you sleeping?"
as she ought to have done, she thoughtlessly sang,
"Two eyes, are you sleeping?"
and sang all the time,
"Three eyes, are you waking?
Two eyes, are you sleeping?"
Then two of the eyes which Three-eyes had, shut and fell asleep, but the
third, as it had not been named in the song, did not sleep.
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