he quickly put into his pocket.

When he got to the town, instead of buying his provisions, he went
into an alehouse, and sat drinking and singing with some sweet-
voiced quarrymen until dark, when he thought it was time to go home.
Whilst he was drinking, an old woman with a basket came in, and sat
beside him, but she left before him. After the parting glass he got
up and reeled through the town, quite forgetting to buy his cheese;
and as he got amongst the hills they seemed to dance up and down
before him, and he seemed to be walking on air. When he got near the
lonely spot where he had found the money he heard some sweet music,
and a number of fairies crossed his path and began dancing all round
him, and then as he looked up he saw some brightly-lighted houses
before him on the hill; and he scratched his head, for he never
remembered having seen houses thereabouts before. And as he was
thinking, and watching the fairies, one came and begged him to come
into the house and sit down.

So he followed her in, and found the house was all gold inside it,
and brightly lighted, and the fairies were dancing and singing, and
they brought him anything he wanted for supper, and then they put
him to bed.

Gwilym slept heavily, and when he awoke turned round, for he felt
very cold, and his body seemed covered with prickles; so he sat up
and rubbed his eyes, and found that he was quite naked and lying in
a bunch of gorse.

When he found himself in this plight he hurried home, and told his
wife, and she was very angry with him for spending all the money and