1. "From the sleeve of her gown Alyce pulled the parsnip tops meant for the cows and some cheese she had saved for the cat and fed instead the hungry boy".
2. "Alyce brought the boy into the yard, cleaned his face with her skirt, and combed the straw from his hair, all the while telling him that Bunt might be a good name for a small pig but never for such a likely-looking boy as he, and that she would help him find a place to sleep and some- thing regular to eat but he would have to have a real name, for she was not taking anywhere anyone named Bunt".
3. She could see the midwife coming in the distance, so Alyce spat on her fingers and rubbed a bit of stubborn dirt off Edward's cheek. 'Go, she said, 'up that road to the manor. They are hiring boys to help with the threshing. Tell them Jane the Midwife sent you and bid them remember the good job she did delivering Lady Agnes' stubborn son. Now go.
Explanation:
Alyce, also known as Beetle once came across a little homeless boy named Bunt during one of her errands for her mistress. She took pity for the boy and immediately offered him parsnip tops and cheese that was meant for the cows.
She smoothened the boy's hair and even chased away the troublesome boys that had come to harass the boy just as they did to her when she was homeless. After chasing the boys away she took the boy into the yard and cared for him and after prodding the boy for a better name, he agreed to be called Edward. On sighting her mistress she bade him off and directed him on how to get work.
