“He turned round and perceived a beautiful woman, rising slowly out of the water. Her long hair, which she was holding off her shoulders with her soft hands, fell down on both sides, and covered her white body. He soon saw that she was the Nix of the Mill-pond, and in his fright did not know whether he should run away or stay where he was. But the nix m;ide her sweet voice heard, called him by his name, and agked him why he was so sad ?”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 181 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan