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On the Mountain Side: The Young Girl

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(Daniel Ridgway Knight Young Girl) Once there was a woman who sat along the mountain side. One day, she was visited by three people that walked along the path she sat beside. The first person to walk past her was a girl playing around the forest. When she saw the woman she was first frightened, but then mumbled, "are you the devil?" The woman smiled, "do I look like the devil?" The young girl looked down and apologized for her rude comment. The woman laughed, "what made you think I would look like the devil to you". The young girl expressed, "your skin is gray and your clothes are tattered." "The way you appear is not very lady like in this kingdom." The woman gave the young girl a grin and expressed, "I thought the devil was suppose to tempt people into giving into their sins, not scare them." "I know that!" said the young girl who began to walk closer to the woman, "I want to be like you." The woma