A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): a Milkmaid walking home with a pail of milk on her head dreams up butter, eggs, chicks, and a new dress for the fair, until one proud toss of her head spills every drop.
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The cows were all milked. Out through the gate stepped the Milkmaid, off toward home. On top of her head sat a full pail, bright and shiny.
Step, step, step. The pail stayed nice and steady. Down the path through the flowers she went, smiling at the sky as she dreamed up big plans.
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