May. Do tell us more of what you did see at the Fair, Uncle.
Daniel. There was a ram. My word! but the four feet of he did cover a good two yards of ground; just as it might be, standing.
Elizabeth. Come, Father.
Daniel. And the horns upon the head of he did reach out very nigh as far as might do the sails of one of they old wind-mills.
May. O Uncle, and how was it with the wool of him?
Daniel. The wool, my wench, did stand a good three foot from all around of the animal. You might have set a hen with her eggs on top of it—and that you might. And now I comes to recollect how ’twas, you could have set a hen one side of the wool and a turkey t’other.
May. O Uncle, that must have been a beautiful animal! And what was the tail of it?
Daniel. The tail, my little maid? Why ’twas longer nor my arm and as thick again—’twould have served as a bell rope to the great bell yonder in Gloucester church—and so ’twould. Ah, ’twas sommat like a tail, I reckon, yon.
Elizabeth. Come, Father, such talk is hardly suited to little girls, who should know better than to ask so many teasing questions.
Annet. ’Tisn’t only May, Aunt, I do love to hear what uncle tells, when he has been out for a day or two.