"'I did as you bade me, mother,' said the lad. 'I stuck it in and out of my cap.'
"'Oh! but that was silly,' said the goody; 'you oughtn't to have stuck it out and in your cap; but you should have stuck it up your shirt-sleeve.'
"'Ay! ay! only be still, mother; and I'll be sure to do it next time.'
"'And what did you do with the meal, I'd like to know?' said the goody.
"'Oh! I did as you bade me, mother. I spread it over the byre-floor.'
"'Never heard anything so silly in my born days,' said the goody; 'why, you ought to have gone home for a pail and put it into it.'
"'Well! well! only be still, mother,' said the lad; 'and I'll be sure to do it next time.'
"Next day the lad was down at the foot of the bridge to take toll, and so there came a man with a horse-load of brandy, and wanted to cross.
"'You can't cross till you pay the toll,' said the lad.
"'I've got no money,' said the man.