p-frog over the posts, or bowling stones at thehorses legs as they trotted by, which last was ex-cellent fun, when there was a wall at hand behindwhich to hide. As for chimney-sweeping, and beinghungry, and being beaten, he took all that for the way of the world,like the rain andsnow and thun-der,… … A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 3 and a master sweep, and sit in the public-house witha quart of beer and a long pipe, and play cards forsilver money, and wear velveteens and ankle-jacks,and keep a white bull-dog with one gray ear, andcarry her puppies in his pocket, just like a man.And he would have…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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