a
very large tub, which she caused to be filled with toads, vipers,
snakes, and all sorts of serpents, in order to throw into it the queen
and her children, the clerk of the kitchen, his wife and maid: all of
whom she had given orders to have brought thither, with their hands tied
behind them, to suffer the vengeance of the incensed ogress.

They were brought out accordingly, and the executioners were going to
throw them into the tub, when the king fortunately entered the court in
his carriage, and asked with the utmost astonishment, what was meant by
this horrid spectacle, no one daring to tell him.

When the ogress saw what had happened, she fell into a violent passion,
and threw herself head foremost into the tub, and was instantly devoured
by the ugly creatures she had ordered to be thrown into it by others.

The king could not but grieve, being very sorry, for she was his mother;
but he soon comforted himself with his beautiful wife, and his two
pretty children. And after all things were settled, he well rewarded
the clerk of the kitchen for his wisdom, humanity, and compassion.

THE END.

PRINTED BY ALEXANDER GARDNER, PAISLEY

ALEXANDER GARDNER,

Publisher
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To
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Children's Rhymes, Games, Songs, and Stories. By ~Robert Ford~. Crown
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book, which, be it said, will probably be read with as much zest by 'big
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blends with an intimate knowledge of the traditional sports and rhymes,
fascinating even where they are meaningless, of childhood."--_Scotsman._

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