First she leaped, and then she ran,
Till she came to the baker, and thus began:
“Pray, baker, give me some bread that I may give to the butcher, so he may give me some meat that I may give to the farmer, so he may give me some hay that I may give to the cow, so she may give me some milk that I may give to the Cat, so she may give me my long tail again.”
“Yes,” said the baker, “I’ll give you some bread,
But if you eat my meal, I’ll cut off your head.”
The baker gave the Mouse bread, which she brought to the butcher; the butcher gave the Mouse meat, which she brought to the farmer; the farmer gave the Mouse hay, which she brought to the cow; the cow gave the Mouse milk, which she brought to the Cat; and the Cat gave to the Mouse her long tail again.
Hereafterthis
Once upon a time there was a farmer called Jan, and he lived all alone by himself in a little farmhouse.
By and by he thought that he would like to have a wife to keep it all vitty for him.
So he went a-courting a fine maid, and he said to her: “Will you marry me?”