[1] It is also included within A Book Of British Fairytales by Alan Garner.
[2] A long time ago there was a man who had two children; a daughter by his first wife and a son by his second.
But three times, the girl put down the candles to climb a stile, and a dog stole them.
The stepmother said that it thundered, and the boy ran out, and the bird dropped the shoes at his feet.
It rattled the millstone again, the stepmother said that it thundered, the father went out, and the bird dropped the watch and chain at his feet.