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Practice 2 STORIES TO TELL

Ludic and literary environment
SOCIAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE: Read classic tales.

“The Milkmaid and Her Pail”
Aesop TRACK 6

milkmaid had been out to milk the cows and was
r
A eturning from the field with the shining milk pail
balanced nicely on her head. As she walked along, her
pretty head was busy with plans for the days to come.

"This good, rich milk," she mused, "will give me plenty
of cream to churn. The butter I make I will take to market,
and with the money I get for it I will buy a lot of eggs for
hatching. How nice it will be when they are all hatched and
the yard is full of fine young chic s. Then when May day
comes I will sell them, and with the money I'll buy a lovely
new dress to wear to the fair. All the young men will look
at me. They will come and try to marry me,—but I shall very
quickly send them about their business!"

As she thought of how she would settle that matter, she
tossed her head scornfully, and down fell the pail of milk to
the ground. And all the milk spilled out, and with it vanished
butter and eggs and chicks and new dress and all the
milkmaid's pride.
pride
Glossary on
page 86

Moral
Do not count your chickens
before they are hatched.

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