Not long after this Tom's mother took him with her when she went to milk the cow.
That he might not get lost, she tied him to a wisp of hay.
When Tom's mother was not looking, the cow took the wisp of hay into her mouth.
She began to chew and chew.
Tom began to jump about and shout.
He frightened the cow so that she opened her great mouth and out Tom jumped.
Then Tom's mother took him in her apron and ran with him to the house, but he was not hurt in the least.
One day Tom was in the field helping his father.