And I sha’n’t get home to-night.”
But the stick would not.
So the old woman gathered some bits of wood together to make a fire, and set them on fire, and then threw her stick into the fire and said:
“Fire, fire, burn stick;
Stick won’t beat dog;
Dog won’t bite pig;
Pig won’t get over the stile,
And I sha’n’t get home to-night.”
But the fire would not.
So the old woman fetched a pail of water that was standing near and said: