Chapter 6 At The Fair

A very beautiful girl came from the country to go to the market.Her face was the color of lilies and roses.Her hair is like the sunset, and the dawn smiles on her vermilion lips. It was not long before the beautiful stranger appeared before the young man's eyes that they all came after her and surrounded her.This one wants to dance with her, and the other wants to cut a piece of cake for her.And they all wanted to kiss her on the cheek.Because after all, isn’t this a fair?But the girl was surprised and frightened, thinking that these young men were not good people.She berates them, she even punches one or two in the face.Then she ran away from them.

As she walked home that evening, she said to herself, "It's disgusting. How rude and ill-bred these men are. It's unbearable." A year passed, during which the very fair girl thought of the fair and the young men.So she came to the market again, with lilies and roses on her face, with sunset light in her hair, and a smile of dawn on her lips. Now, however, the young men all turned away when they saw her.All day she was alone, and no one came to pursue her. Walking home in the evening, she cried inwardly, "It's disgusting. How rude and ill-bred these young people are. It's intolerable."

At The Fair There came to the Fair a girl from the country-side, most comely. There was a lily and a rose in her face. There was a sunset in her hair, and dawn smiled upon her lips. No sooner did the lovely stranger appear in their sight than the young men sought her and surrounded her. One would dance with her, and another would cut a cake in her honor. And they all desired to kiss her cheek. For after all, was it not the Fair? But the girl was shocked and started, and she thought ill of the young men. She rebuked them, and she even struck one or two of them in the face. Then she ran away from them.

And on her way home that evening she was saying in her heart, "I am disgusted. How unmannly and ill bred are these men. It is beyond all patience." A year passed during which that very comely girl thought much of Fairs and men. Then she came again to the Fair with the lily and the rose in her face, the sunset in her hair and the smile of dawn upon her lips. But now the young men, seeing her, turned from her. And all the day long she was unsought and alone. And at eventide as she walked the road toward her home she cried in her heart, "I am disgusted. How unmannly and ill bred are these youths. It is beyond all patience."