The Story of Helly part 3/7
Her mother answered: “This
is the old man’s garden.”
But Helly couldn’t believe
that her mother would leave her here all alone in a green and flowery garden. So she laughed and said: “I’m the way I am and as long as I live I won’t change. If
you leave me here, I’ll bother the old man so much that he’ll get sick and tired of me and send
me back home.”
Helly’s mother said
nothing and took her to the old man. He lived
in a white marble palace in the
center of the garden. Her mother greeted
the old man, sat down, and said: “Well, old man, I’11
leave my girl here with you. When she’s
learned to behave herself you can send her home.” Then she got up, said good-bye, and started to leave.
Helly yelled: “Mother,
Mother! I don’t want to stay with this
old man. I don’t want to stay here.”
But her mother made
no reply. She walked on into the garden and disappeared among
the flowers and trees. The old man said
to Helly: “Well, baby, come here. So here you are and here you stay. Now
where would you like to live?”
