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.
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!’