content: ' take this , ' she said ; ' to - day at any rate you shall dine well , ' and the old woman took it , gazing at tephany the while . ' those who help others deserve to be helped , ' she answered ; ' your eyes are still red because that miser barbaik has forbidden you to speak to the young man from plover . but cheer up , you are a good girl , and i will give you something that will enable you to see him once every day . ' ' you ? ' cried tephany , stupefied at discovering that the beggar knew all about her affairs , but the old woman did not hear her . ' take this long copper pin , ' she went on , ' and every time you stick it in your dress mother bourhis will be obliged to leave the house in order to go and count her cabbages . as long as the pin is in your dress you will be free , and your aunt will not come back until you have put it in its case again . ' then , rising , she nodded to tephany and vanished . the girl stood where she was , as still as a stone . if it had not been for the pin in her hands she would have thought she was dreaming . but by that token she knew it was no common old woman who had given it to her , but a fairy , wise in telling what would happen in the days to come . then suddenly tephany 's eyes fell on the clothes , and to make up for lost time she began to wash them with great vigour .
answer: the little old woman was wise in telling what could happen in the days to come .
question: why did tephany believe the little old woman was a fairy ?
target: why did tephany believe the little old woman was a fairy ?
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