The Milk-Woman And Her Pail
Aesop Fable: The Milk-Woman And Her Pail
A farmer’s daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the
field to the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing.
"The money
for which this milk will be sold, will buy at least three hundred
eggs. The eggs, allowing for all mishaps, will produce
two hundred and fifty chickens. The chickens will become
ready for the market when poultry will fetch the highest
price, so that by the end of the year I shall have money
enough from my share to buy a new gown. In this dress I
will go to the Christmas parties, where all the young fellows
will propose to me, but I will toss my head and refuse
them every one.
" At this moment she tossed her head in
unison with her thoughts, when down fell the milk pail to
the ground, and all her imaginary schemes perished in a
moment.
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