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, she said. 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. When I go to the market, won't
all the men come up and speak to me! Polly Shaw will be very 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, and all the milk was spilt.
Moral: Do not count your chickens
before they are hatched.
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