Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 227
got out, returned home, where his mother, when she went milking,tied him to a thistle to keep him safe. Whilst she was busymilking, the cow eat the thistle, and Tom with it; but his … mother missed him, and calling for him was answered by Tomfrom the cows interior. Naturally unaccustomed to suchinternal commotion, the cow took the earliest opportunity ofgetting rid of Tom by natural means, and Now all besmeared as he wasHis mother took him upAnd home to bear him hence, poor…
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