the old woman to the cow.

"But the cow said to her, 'If you will go to yonder haystack,[*] and
fetch me a handful of hay, I'll give you the milk.' So away went the
old woman to the haystack; and she brought the hay to the cow.

"As soon as the cow had eaten the hay, she gave the old woman the
milk; and away she went with it in a saucer to the cat.

"As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill
the rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the
butcher; the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the
water; the water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the
stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig;
the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile; and so the old woman
got home that night."

[Footnote *: Or haymakers, proceeding thus in the stead of
the rest of this paragraph:--"And fetch me a wisp of hay,
I'll give you the milk.--So away the old woman went, but the
haymakers said to her,--If you will go to yonder stream, and
fetch us a bucket of water, we'll give you the hay. So away
the old woman went, but when she got to the stream, she found
the bucket was full of holes. So she covered the bottom with
pebbles, and then filled the bucket with water, and away she
went back with it to the haymakers; and they gave her a wisp
of hay."]

DXCVII.

Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house,
Titty Mouse went a leasing, and Tatty Mouse went a leasing,
So they both went a leasing.

Titty Mouse leased an ear of corn, and Tatty Mouse
leased an ear of corn,
So they both leased an ear of corn.

Titty Mouse made a pudding, and Tatty Mouse made a pudding,
So they both made a pudding.

And Tatty Mouse put her pudding into the pot to boil,
But when Titty went to put hers in, the pot tumbled over,
and scalded her to death.

Then Tatty sat down and wept; then a three legged stool said, Tatty
why do you weep? Titty's dead, said Tatty, and so I weep; then said
the stool, I'll hop, so the stool hopped; then a besom in the corner
of the room said, Stool, why do you hop? Oh! said the stool, Titty's
dead, and Tatty weeps, and so I hop; then said the besom, I'll sweep,
so the besom began to sweep; then said the door, Besom, why do you
sweep? Oh! said the besom, Titty's dead, and Tatty weeps, and the
stool hops, and so I sweep; then said the door, I'll jar, so the door
jarre