Dame Goody was a nurse. She would help the sick and babies. A noise had woken her up at midnight. The noise was caused by a man who had a strange look. The man was ugly with squinty eyes. Nurse Goody didn't trust the man but when he asked her to come tend to his child because his wife was sick, she had to go. The man rode a large all black horse with bright eyes could run at a very fast pace.
When they arrived at the couples cottage, the nurse found a baby boy next to a sick woman. The nurse took the baby from her. When the mom gave the baby away, she told the nurse to be sure to rub his eyes with the ointment once he opens them. They baby had the same eyes as his father. Curious as to what the ointment does, the nurse rubbed it on one of her eyes.
The ointment suddenly changed her vision. The cottage was furnished with fancy things, the woman was dressed in luxury, the baby was even more beautiful, and the other children in the house had pointy ears and hairy hands. They were very mischievous. The nurse knew what had happened. She was in a house of pixies. She took care of the baby until the mother was healthy again. The man returned her home and paid her a large sum of money.
With her money she set off to the market. At the market, she saw the large black horse taking things from each stall and no one noticed! Before she knew it, she was startled to see the ugly man looking at her. The man asked if she could see him, which she could. He knew that she had used the ointment on her own eye. To punish her for putting the ointment on her own eye, the man struck her in the eye. She was blind in that eye until the day she died.
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| A tube of ointment. Source. |
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