Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 78
sters in coops. Can you give me a drink ?■ said the driver to Rey. Yes, sir,1 said Rey ; and he brought out a bowlful ofnilk. The man drank every drop of it, and then he asked, Well, what shall I give you for it? A penny ? My granma wants two hens, for hers are dead, saidRey. Id like the hens stead… … Well, said Rey, theres Whitey, the cow. Hepointed to a white cow eating grass by the wayside. I llbe solly to have her go away, he said, because she eats outof my hand ; but granma says eggs are better than milk. The man laughed, and then set down a coop with twonice hens in it at Reys feet; and he…
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