Fables for the Fair/Fable 19
THE WOMAN WHO COULD NOT SEW
THE WOMAN WHO COULD NOT SEW
THERE was once a Woman who was So extraordinarily Clever as to be able to Persuade a Man that she was Beautiful. But she was not Domestic. She wrote Fascinating Letters which made the Man Believe that to Have Any One like That in the House he would Willingly Hire a Housekeeper. But he was Set in his Ways, which was One of the Reasons why she Liked him So much. One Day he stole up Behind Her as she sat Composing a Fascinating Letter to him, and saw a Large Hole in her Stocking.
"I am Afraid this will Not Do," he said, and Broke the Engagement.
Afterward the Woman attended Classes in Domestic Science, including Sewing, but her Efforts were Unavailing.
This teaches us that it is Sometimes too Late to Mend.