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Now, the farmer there was a good-natured man, and, to console Johnny, he made him a present of the fowl, and off he went.

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About four in the afternoon Johnny was hungry again, and sat down to finish his hunch of bread with his chicken beside him.

Up came a clumsy great cow, and trod on the chicken and crushed it flat.

Johnny set off sobbing again. ‘Never no luck,’ says he. ‘They gave me a sheaf, and a chicken ate it. They gave me a chicken, and a cow crushed it Boo-hoo!’