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English Fairy Tales
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.)