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THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL
Adapted from Aesop
Patty, the milkmaid, was going to market, carrying
her milk in a shiny pail on her head. As she went
along, she began telling herself what she would do
with the money she would get for the milk.
“I’ll buy some eggs from Farmer Brown,” said she,
“and put them under the little brown hen. Then the
little brown hen will hatch me out a lot of little
chicks ! And the little chicks will grow up to be hens,
and those hens will lay me dozens of eggs. TU sell
the eggs for a great deal of money! Then with the
money I get from the eggs, FU buy me a new white
dress and a hat with pink flowers and blue ribbons.
Oh, won’t I look fine when I go to market in my new
white dress and my hat with pink flowers and blue
ribbons? Won’t everybody stand about and look at
me? Polly Shaw will be there to stand and look, and
Molly Parsons will be there to stand and look, and
Jack Squires will be there to stand and look. But I
shall just walk past them all and hold my chin high
and toss my head like this — ” As she spoke, she
tossed her head back, the pail fell off and all the milk
was spilled ! So she had nothing at all to sell and all
her fine dream was brought to nothing. She had to
go home and tell her Mother what had happened.
”Ah, my child,” said the Mother, ”do not count
your chickens before they are hatched.”
