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ENGLISH FAIRY TALES by JOSEPH JACOBS

THE STRANGE VISITOR


woman was sitting at her reel one night; And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of broad broad soles, and sat down at the fireside;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of small small legs, and sat down on the broad broad soles;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of thick thick knees, and sat down on the small small legs;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of thin thin thighs, and sat down on the thick thick knees;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of huge huge hips, and sat down on the thin thin thighs;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a wee wee waist, and sat down on the huge huge hips;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of broad broad shoulders, and sat down on the wee wee waist;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of small small arms, and sat down on the broad broad shoulders;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a pair of huge huge hands, and sat down on the small small arms;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a small small neck, and sat down on the broad broad shoulders;

And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company.

In came a huge huge head, and sat down on the small small neck.

"How did you get such broad broad feet?" quoth the woman.

"Much tramping, much tramping" (_gruffly_).

"How did you get such small small legs?"

"Aih-h-h!-late--and wee-e-e--moul" (_whiningly_).

"How did you get such thick thick knees?"

"Much praying, much praying" (_piously_).

"How did you get such thin thin thighs?"

"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul" (_whiningly_).

"How did you get such big big hips?"

"Much sitting, much sitting" (_gruffly_).

"How did you get such a wee wee waist?"

"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e-moul" (_whiningly_).

"How did you get such broad broad shoulders?"

"With carrying broom, with carrying broom" (_gruffly_).

"How did you get such small small arms?"

"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul" (_whiningly_.)

"How did you get such huge huge hands?"

"Threshing with an iron flail, threshing with an iron flail" (_gruffly_).

"How did you get such a small small neck?"

"Aih-h-h!--late--wee-e-e--moul" (_pitifully_).

"How did you get such a huge huge head?"

"Much knowledge, much knowledge" (_keenly_).

"What do you come for?"

"FOR YOU!" (_At the top of the voice, with a wave of the arm and a stamp of the feet._)

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Chapters in this Book:

How To Get Into This Book. • Preface • Tom Tit Tot • The Three Sillies • The Rose-tree • The Old Woman And Her Pig • How Jack Went To Seek His Fortune • Mr. Vinegar • Nix Nought Nothing • Jack Hannaford • Binnorie • Mouse And Mouser • Cap O' Rushes • Teeny-tiny • Jack And The Beanstalk • The Story Of The Three Little Pigs • The Master And His Pupil • Titty Mouse And Tatty Mouse • Jack And His Golden Snuff-box • The Story Of The Three Bears • Jack The Giant-killer • Henny-penny • Childe Rowland • Molly Whuppie • The Red Ettin • The Golden Arm • The History Of Tom Thumb • Mr. Fox • Lazy Jack • Johnny-cake • Earl Mar's Daughter • Mr. Miacca • Whittington And His Cat • The Strange Visitor • The Laidly Worm Of Spindleston Heugh • The Cat And The Mouse • The Fish And The Ring • The Magpie's Nest • Kate Crackernuts • The Cauld Lad Of Hilton • The Ass, The Table, And The Stick • Fairy Ointment • The Well Of The World's End • Master Of All Masters • The Three Heads Of The Well • Notes And References • 

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