# A Little Kind Hearted Girl

An episode of [Classic English Stories For Kids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1509930659), 6 May 2022, 6:55.

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Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, there was a kind-hearted girl. Since her father had no work, she thought of helping the family and went out looking for work. On her journey, she first helped a bread out of an oven after 7 years. Then she helped a cow who has not been milked for 7 years. Finally, she helped an apple tree that was burdened with fruits for the last 7 years. Finally, the girl reached a house of an old woman who hired her as a house help. She was asked not to look up the chimney by the woman. But even after all the work girl did, the old women didn't pay her and the girl continued to work in the hope that one day she will be paid. One day, the girl looked up the chimney and found a bag full of gold. She left back for her home and the apple tree, the cow and the oven helped her escape from the hand of the old woman. If you like the show, support us by becoming a patron on this link: https://www.patreon.com/chimesradio Visit our website to know more: https://chimesradio.com All podcast listening links: http://chimesradio.bio.link/ Connect with us on our social handles to get all content updates: https://www.instagram.com/vrchimesradio/ https://www.facebook.com/chimesradioSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/chimesradioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: A Little kind hearted Girl written by Flora Annie Stale.
[0:07] Speaker 1: Once upon a time there lived a kind hearted girl.
[0:11] Speaker 1: Now their father had no work, so the girl began
[0:14] Speaker 1: to think of going to service. So she packed up
[0:18] Speaker 1: a bundle, said goodbye, and started to find a place.
[0:22] Speaker 1: But no one in the town wanted a girl, so
[0:25] Speaker 1: she went farther into the country, and she journeyed. She
[0:29] Speaker 1: came upon an oven in which a lot of loaves
[0:32] Speaker 1: were baking. Now, as she passed the loaves, cried out
[0:36] Speaker 1: with one voice, little girl, little girl, take us out,
[0:40] Speaker 1: Please take us out. We have been baking for seven
[0:43] Speaker 1: years and no one has come to take us out.
[0:46] Speaker 1: Do take us out, or we shall soon be burnt. Then,
[0:50] Speaker 1: being a kind, obliging little girl, she stopped, put down
[0:54] Speaker 1: her bundle, took out the bread, and went on her way, saying,
[0:58] Speaker 1: you will be more comfortable now. After a time, she
[1:01] Speaker 1: came to a cow lowing beside an empty bucket, and
[1:05] Speaker 1: the cow said to her little girl, little girl, milk me,
[1:09] Speaker 1: please milk me. Seven years have I been waiting, but
[1:13] Speaker 1: no one has come to milk me. So the kind
[1:16] Speaker 1: girl stopped, put down her bundle, milked the cow into
[1:19] Speaker 1: the bucket, and went on her way, saying, now you
[1:23] Speaker 1: will be more comfortable. By and bye. She came to
[1:26] Speaker 1: an apple tree so laden with fruit that its branches
[1:30] Speaker 1: one night to break, and the apple tree called to
[1:33] Speaker 1: her little girl, Little girl, please shake my branches. The
[1:37] Speaker 1: fruit is so heavy, I can't stand straight. Then the
[1:41] Speaker 1: kind girl stopped, put down her bundle, and shook the
[1:44] Speaker 1: branches so that the apples fell off and the tree
[1:47] Speaker 1: could stand straight. Then she went on her way, saying,
[1:51] Speaker 1: you will be more comfortable now. So she journeyed on
[1:55] Speaker 1: till she came to a house where an old woman lived.
[1:58] Speaker 1: Now this woman wanted a servant maid and promised good wages.
[2:02] Speaker 1: Therefore the girl agreed to stop with her and try.
[2:05] Speaker 1: How she liked service. She had to sweep the floor,
[2:09] Speaker 1: keep the house clean and tidy, the fire bright and cheery.
[2:14] Speaker 1: But there was one thing the woman said she must
[2:16] Speaker 1: never do, and that was looking up the chimney. If
[2:21] Speaker 1: you do, said the woman, something will fall down on
[2:24] Speaker 1: you and you will come to a bad end. Well,
[2:27] Speaker 1: the girl swept and dusted and made up the fire,
[2:31] Speaker 1: but never a penny of wages did she say. Now
[2:34] Speaker 1: the girl wanted to go home, as she did not
[2:36] Speaker 1: like the old woman's service that didn't pay her. But
[2:40] Speaker 1: she did not like to go home penniless, so she
[2:43] Speaker 1: stayed on sweeping and dusting and doing her work just
[2:49] Speaker 1: as if she was pleased. Then one day, as she
[2:53] Speaker 1: was sweeping up the hearth down tumbled some suit, and
[2:57] Speaker 1: without remembering she was forbidden to look up the chimney.
[3:00] Speaker 1: She looked up to see where the suit came from,
[3:03] Speaker 1: and lo and behold, a bag full of gold fell
[3:06] Speaker 1: plump into her lap. Now the woman happened to be out,
[3:10] Speaker 1: so the girl thought it a fine opportunity to be
[3:12] Speaker 1: off home. So she kilted up her dress and started
[3:15] Speaker 1: to run home. But she had only gone a little
[3:18] Speaker 1: way when she heard the woman coming after her on
[3:21] Speaker 1: her broomstick. Now the apple tree she had helped to
[3:24] Speaker 1: stand straight happened to be quite close, so she ran
[3:28] Speaker 1: to it and cried, apple tree, apple tree, hide me
[3:32] Speaker 1: so the old woman can't find me, for if she does,
[3:35] Speaker 1: she'll pick my bones and bury me under the garden stones.
[3:40] Speaker 1: Then the apple tree said, of course, I will you
[3:43] Speaker 1: help me to stand straight? And one good turn deserves another.
[3:47] Speaker 1: So the apple tree hid her finally in its green branches,
[3:50] Speaker 1: And when the woman flew past, saying, O, tree of mine,
[3:54] Speaker 1: O tree of mine? Have you seen my naughty little
[3:57] Speaker 1: maid with a villy willy wag and a great big bag.
[4:01] Speaker 1: She's stolen my money all I had. The apple tree answered, no, mother, dear,
[4:08] Speaker 1: not for seven years. So the woman flew on the
[4:11] Speaker 1: wrong way, and the girl got down, thanked the tree politely,
[4:14] Speaker 1: and started again. But just as she got to where
[4:18] Speaker 1: the cow was standing beside the bucket, she heard the
[4:21] Speaker 1: woman coming again. So she ran to the cow and cried, cow, cow,
[4:26] Speaker 1: please hide me so the old woman can't find me,
[4:30] Speaker 1: for if she does, she'll pick my bones and bury
[4:33] Speaker 1: me under the garden stones. Certainly I will, answered the cow,
[4:38] Speaker 1: didn't you milk me and make me comfortable? Hide yourself
[4:42] Speaker 1: behind me and you'll be quite safe. And when the
[4:46] Speaker 1: old woman flew by and called to the cow, oh
[4:49] Speaker 1: cow of mine, Oh cow of mine, have you seen
[4:52] Speaker 1: my naughty little maid with a villy willy wag and
[4:55] Speaker 1: a great big bag who stole my money all that
[4:59] Speaker 1: I had, she just said politely, no, mother, dear, not
[5:04] Speaker 1: for seven years. Then the old woman went on in
[5:07] Speaker 1: the wrong direction, and the girl started afresh on her
[5:10] Speaker 1: way home, but Just as she got to where the
[5:13] Speaker 1: oven stood, she heard that old woman coming behind her again.
[5:17] Speaker 1: So she ran as fast as she could to the
[5:19] Speaker 1: oven and cried, oh, oven, oh, oven, hide me so
[5:24] Speaker 1: as the old woman can't find me, for if she does,
[5:27] Speaker 1: she'll pick my bones and bury them under the garden stones.
[5:32] Speaker 1: Then the oven said, I'm afraid there is no room
[5:35] Speaker 1: for you, as another batch of bread is baking. But
[5:38] Speaker 1: there is the baker, ask him. So she asked the baker,
[5:41] Speaker 1: and he said, of course I will. You saved my
[5:45] Speaker 1: last batch from being burned. So run into the bakehouse.
[5:48] Speaker 1: You will be quite safe there, and I will settle
[5:51] Speaker 1: the old woman for you. So she hid in the
[5:53] Speaker 1: bake house only just in time, for there was the
[5:56] Speaker 1: old woman calling angrily, Oh man of mine, man of mine,
[6:01] Speaker 1: have you seen my naughty little maid with a villy
[6:04] Speaker 1: willy wag and a great big bag who stole my
[6:07] Speaker 1: money all I had. Then the baker replied, look in
[6:13] Speaker 1: the oven, she may be there. And the old woman
[6:16] Speaker 1: alighted from her broomstick and peered into the oven, but
[6:20] Speaker 1: she could see no one. Creep in and look in
[6:23] Speaker 1: the farthest corner, said the baker, slyly, and the old
[6:27] Speaker 1: woman crept in when bang he shut the door in
[6:31] Speaker 1: her face, and there she was locked in, And when
[6:33] Speaker 1: she came out with the bread, she was all crisp
[6:36] Speaker 1: and brown and had to go home as best she could,
[6:39] Speaker 1: and put cold cream all over her. And the kind,
[6:42] Speaker 1: obliging little girl got safe home with her bag of money.

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