Red Fairy Book

"How dare you contradict me!" said her stepmother; "be off with you at once, and don't show your face again till you have filled the basket with strawberries."

Then she gave her a hard crust of bread, saying:

"That will be enough for you to-day," and she thought to herself: "The girl will certainly perish of hunger and cold outside, and I shan't be bothered with her any more."