Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890)
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| Woman milking cow: Wikimedia |
- lady found sixpence, and went off to market to buy pig
- Came to stile and pig would come
- Told dog to get pig, wouldn't
- Told stick to hit dog, wouldn't
- told fire to burn stick, but wouldn't
- Saw water, told to quench fire, wouldn't
- Saw ox, told ox to drink water, wouldn't
- Sa butcher, told to kill ox, wouldn't
- Saw rope, to kill butcher, no
- Saw rat to chew rope, no
- Saw cat, asked to kill rat
- Cat said would, only if she brought her milk from the cow
- Cow wanted hay for milk
- Once cow finished hay, woman brought milk to cat, and then 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
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