The old woman

 

Once upon a time, there was a woman who worked in a mansion. Her boss was mean and cruel, she gave her more tasks than it is was possible to do in one day. At night, she dreamt of becoming rich and of having employees. But, she would make the things differently than her tyrant: she would be kind, generous and benevolent; the exact opposite of her cruel tormentor.

One day, which seemed to be the exact same of each day, her malevolent boss wanted her to go and take water on the village centre. When she arrived at her destination, an old hooded woman told her:

"You seem poor and unfortunated, aren't you?"

"Yes, I am", replied the young woman, "my boss is mean... and cruel.. and... is a tormentor...!!", as she spoke, her voice was more and more tripper, as if she were babbling.

The old woman took off her hood, raised a wand and said an incantation.

"When you are kind with someone, you will find money in your apron."

The young woman didn't want to trust her and was scared. She took back the pitcher she had filled up and ran away to the mansion. She told "sorry!" to a child she pushed and gave kindly the pitcher to her boss.

"You are late", her boss snapped.

"I am really sorry, Boss, but an old woman, and kind, made me late...", she replied timidly.

She came back to the cellar she slept (a dirty place with only one bed and rat poops) and noted her apron was a little bit heavier than usual. There were two coins in it. She thought the old woman gave her an ability... the ability to earn coins when she told good things.

The following day, her boss noted she had earned money and thought her story wasn't that insane.

As a consequence, she had her daughter take water on the exact place than her employee.

When the little girl arrived, she came nearer to the fountain and the old woman approached her with a wand and told:

"You seem spoilt rotten... and rude!!", she told her.

"Yes, and what? What business is it of yours?", she replied rudely, without babbling.

The old woman said an incantation.

On the way back to her house, the little girl pushed an old woman, told her mother she wanted to have a bath, in a non-conforming way, because the old woman had touched her with her dirty nails and said: "She is a witch!!"

In the bathroom, as she was looking her face on the mirror, she noted that three big spots had appeared on her face. She was crying as her mother was comforting her.

The following days were fortunated for the woman: she was more and more rich thanks to her kindness; on the contrary, the mean little girl was becoming more and more ugly because of the spots that appeared on her face.

Moral:

 It is in the nature of the world to reward the nice people, but also to punish the mean ones.