“And upon that he went in great haste,
taking the mug along with him, but it was cracked anyway!”
“Woman, woman, but you’ve the clever tongue in your head,” said Mr McQueen with admiration.
“’Tis mighty lucky we have,” said Mrs McQueen, “for it’s little else women have in this world to help themselves with!”
Then she put the little pig down in the empty pig-pen in the farmyard and went to fetch it some milk.