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The Old Teapot. 77
Sarah came there and bought me, for she was already
mistress of the house, which she kept for her father, a
widower, and he was the master of a forge. I gave
quite a tinkle of delight when she lifted up my lid
to look into me. My glittering complexion shone
brighter than ever with gladness, I was so pleased
with her; and that she was also well pleased with
me was easily shown by the fact that she at once
wrapped me in a newspaper, and carried me home
herself. Since that time I have warmed with delight
many a time for her sake.
“ The day after she brought me home was a Sunday;
I was to show for the first time what I was good for,
and, dear me, it was to be quite a festive occasion.
The master-smith, himself, had asked some friends to
accompany him on a trip in a large rowing-boat up
the lake, to have a pic-nic on a little island ; and they
entrusted me with the charge of making tea. It was a
glorious day, I can tell you. The calm lake seemed
like a big looking-glass, and the sun made us all
glad and warm, for it was in the month of July. The
boat glided slowly along, and the water glistened so
prettily as it dropped from the blades of the very
long oars, with which two old women rowed us along.
At that time there were no steamboats, but, instead,
there existed a rowing-boat guild of old women,
decked out in great ugly gipsy bonnets, large blue-
and-white-striped homespun aprons and thick mittens,
even in the heat of summer. But all this does not
belong to the story; I mention it only that the pic-
ture may be a little more vivid. What I have to relate
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