So she spoke one day to the Sunball , saying : ` Dear Sunball , send me only a little girl now , and when she is twelve years old you may take her back again . ' So soon after this the Sunball sent her a little girl , whom the woman called Letiko , and watched over with great care till she was twelve years old . Soon after that , while Letiko was away one day gathering herbs , the Sunball came to her , and said : ` Letiko , when you go home , tell your mother that she must bethink herself of what she promised me . ' Then Letiko went straight home , and said to her mother : ` While I was gathering herbs a fine tall gentleman came to me and charged me to tell you that you should remember what you promised him . ' When the woman heard that she was sore afraid , and immediately shut all the doors and windows of the house , stopped up all the chinks and holes , and kept Letiko hidden away , that the Sunball should not come and take her away . But she forgot to close up the keyhole , and through it the Sunball sent a ray into the house , which took hold of the little girl and carried her away to him . One day , the Sunball having sent her to the straw shed to fetch straw , the girl sat down on the piles of straw and bemoaned herself , saving : ` As sighs this straw under my feet so sighs my heart after my mother . ' And this caused her to be so long away that the Sunball asked her , when she came back : ` Eh , Letiko , where have you been so long ? ' She answered : ` My slippers are too big , and I could not go faster . ' Then the Sunball made the slippers shorter . Another time he sent her to fetch water , and when she came to the spring , she sat down and lamented , saying : ` As flows the water even so flows my heart with longing for my mother . ' Thus she again remained so long away that the Sunball asked her : ` Eh , Letiko , why have you remained so long away ? ' And she answered : ` My petticoat is too long and hinders me in walking . ' Then the Sunball cut her petticoat to make it shorter . Another time the Sunball sent her to bring him a pair of sandals , and as the girl carried these in her hand she began to lament , saying : ` As creaks the leather so creaks my heart after my little mother . ' When she came home the Sunball asked her again : ` Eh , Letiko , why do you come home so late ? ' ` My red hood is too wide , and falls over my eyes , therefore I could not go fast . ' Then he made the hood narrower . At last , however , the Sunball became aware how sad Letiko was . He sent her a second time to bring straw , and , slipping in after her , he heard how she lamented for her mother .
Then he went home , called two foxes XXXXX him , and said : ` Will you take Letiko home ? '
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