The Milkmaid 



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PATTY, the Milkmaid, was going to 

 market carrying her milk in a Pail 

 on her head. As she went along she 

 began calculating what she would 

 do with the money she would get for the 

 milk. " I'll buy some fowls from Farmer 

 Brown,' said she, " and they will lay eggs 

 each morning, which I will sell to the 

 parson's wife. With the money that I get 

 from the sale of these eggs I'll buy myself a 

 new dimity frock and a chip hat ; and when I 

 go to market, won't all the young men come 

 up and speak to me ! Polly Shaw will be that 

 jealous ; but I don't care. I shall just look at 

 her and toss my head like this.' As she spoke, 

 she tossed her head back, the Pail fell off it 

 and all the milk was spilt. So she had to go 

 home and tell her mother what had occurred. 

 u Ah, my child," said her mother, 



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