She is too little to take a journey on her own, and her mother should not have sent her.

She is kind and generous and thinks of others before herself, even when she is in need.

She acts irresponsibly and puts herself in danger unnecessarily often.

She has magical powers that allow her to change objects and complete tasks.

She seeks water for herself because she is thirsty.

Her job in the town is to carry water for people

She wants to provide water for her sick mother.

She heard that the water has magical powers.

reckless and enthusiastic

cowardly

magical

generous and kind-hearted

how a magical stranger helped a little girl find her way

how the big dipper constellation got up in the night sky

how a little girl learned to change objects into gold

how a mother taught her little girl to be brave

"I must have a drink of clear water," she cried, as she lay in bed, so week and suffering from thirst.

And a wonderful thing happened to the tin dipper- although the little girl did not see. It was changed to a silver dipper, with more water in it than before.

As the stranger drank, the silver dipper was changed to a gold dipper

And the diamond dipper left her fingers to shine up in the sky, over the house and the woods