. Stories for little children . n as he sat down to milk. Not at all! Not at all! laughed the milk-ing-pail. I havent had so much fun for along time. So the little old man milked the brindledcow and carried the milk to the house. And the next morning the little stool got tothinking again, as she and the milking-pailwaited by the brindled cow for the little oldman to come. Oh, cow, said the little three-legged stool, why should you make the littleold man milk you? He works hard all daylong. Why not let down your milk yourself? A fine idea! smiled the cow as she chewedher cud. A fine idea! And w
. Stories for little children . n as he sat down to milk. Not at all! Not at all! laughed the milk-ing-pail. I havent had so much fun for along time. So the little old man milked the brindledcow and carried the milk to the house. And the next morning the little stool got tothinking again, as she and the milking-pailwaited by the brindled cow for the little oldman to come. Oh, cow, said the little three-legged stool, why should you make the littleold man milk you? He works hard all daylong. Why not let down your milk yourself? A fine idea! smiled the cow as she chewedher cud. A fine idea! And when the littleold man reached the barn, the pail was full offoamy milk. Now that was very kind of you, brindledcow, said the little old man. Not at all! Not at all! answered the cow,switching her tail. I havent had so muchfun in a long time. And the little old man reached for the milk-ing-pail to carry it into the house. 332 THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL Wait a minute! called the little should the rnilking-pail and I let you. carry the milk when between us we can take ifeto the house and not spill a drop? Whats that? asked the little old before he could take hold of the milking-pail, it had jumped up on the stool. Tap! tap!went the three little legs, and in a minutethey were safe in the house and not a dropspilled. The little old man hurried in and told hisgentle wife all about it. We must do something for them in returnfor their kindness, said she. Now do yougive the brindled cow of our apples, and I willshine up the milking-pail and cover the littlestool with red, red carpet. We have but few apples left for winter,said the little old man. 333 STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN That matters not, smiled his gentle can do without ourselves. So the brindled cow ate of the apples andthe milking-pail, shining from top to toe,smiled at the little three-legged stool all cov-ered with red, red carpet. Then the stool leaned over to the pail andsaid, Why should the little ol
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