Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket

Every night when the children were tucked up in bed, the Old Nurse would pull out a pair of stockings from the mending-basket and while she threaded her needle she would look in her memory for a story that fitted the size of the hole. The children always stopped their bickering at once, for none of them wanted to miss her extraordinary stories...

In fiecare noapte, cand copiii erau ascunsi in pat, Asistenta Batrana scotea o pereche de ciorapi din cosul de reparat si, in timp ce isi intepa acul, cauta in memorie o poveste care sa se potriveasca cu dimensiunea gaurii. Copiii s-au oprit mereu din cearta, pentru ca niciunul dintre ei nu a vrut sa rateze povestile ei extraordinare...