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Updated: June 30, 2025
But its great bill finished the morsels in a moment, and hopping nearer, it looked them in the face by turns. "The poor raven is still hungry," said Woodwender, and he gave it another bit. When that was gobbled, it came to Loveleaves, who gave it a bit too, and so on till the raven had eaten the whole of their last cake. "Well," said Woodwender, "at least we can have a drink."
Reckoning Robin had a son called Hardhold, and Wary Will a daughter named Drypenny. There was not a sulkier girl or boy in the country, but their fathers made up their minds to make a young lord and a young lady of them; so they took the silk clothes which Woodwender and Loveleaves used to wear, to dress them, putting on the lords' children their coarse clothes.
The children called their names, and ran to kiss them, each saying: "Dear father, come back to your castle and your people." But the lords replied: "We know of no castles and no people. There is nothing in all this world but oak leaves and acorns." Woodwender and Loveleaves told them of all their former state in vain. Nothing would make them pause for a minute.
The Lord of the White Castle never again wished to see the old woman that wove her own hair, and the Lord of the Grey Castle continued to be his friend. As for Woodwender and Loveleaves, they met with no more misfortunes, but grew up, and were married, and got the two castles and broad lands of their fathers.
At last the leaves began to fade, and the flowers to fall. Lady Greensleeves said that Corner was coming. One moonlight night she heaped sticks on the fire, and set her door open, when Woodwender and Loveleaves were going to sleep, saying she expected some friends to tell her the news of the forest.
When the night came, they found a mossy hollow in the trunk of an old tree, where they laid themselves down, and slept all the summer night for Woodwender and Loveleaves never feared the forest.
So the poor children first sat down and cried, and then slept on the cold grass, for the sun set, and the lords worked on. When they awoke it was broad day. Woodwender cheered up Loveleaves, saying: "We are hungry, and there are two cakes in the bag, let us share one of them who knows but something may happen." So they divided the cake, and ran to the lords, saying: "Dear fathers, eat with us."
Be careful of my goods, deal justly with my people, and above all things be kind to my little daughter Loveleaves till my return." The steward answered: "Be sure, my lord, I will." The Lord of the Grey Castle also had a steward who had served him many years, and his name was Wary Will. To him he said: "I am going on a journey with my friend.
In the morning Loveleaves told Woodwender what she had heard, and they went to Lady Greensleeves where she milked the does, and said: "We heard what the raven told you last night, and we know the two lords are our fathers. Tell us how the spell may be broken." "I fear the king of the forest fairies," said Lady Greensleeves, "because I live here alone, and have no friend but my dwarf Corner.
She showed them the stores of honey which wild bees had made, and left in the hollow trees, the rarest plants of the forest, and the herbs that made all the creatures tame. All that summer Woodwender and Loveleaves lived with her in the great oak tree, free from toil and care. The children would have been happy, but they could hear no news of their fathers.
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