The House-wife comes,
And looks outside the Door.
The speckled Chick
Hops in, to pick |K.P. des.|
The Crumbs from off the Floor.
XIII.
Once upon a time there was a man whose name was just Master Jacob and nothing more.
All that Master Jacob had in the world was a good fat pig, two black goats, a wife, and a merry temper—which was more than many a better man than he had, for the matter of that.