squeaked,” went on the little pig with a whisk of his tail.
“Did it now?” cackled an old hen, while, at this astounding
‘piece of news, the white duck fainted away and fell into the
pond.

Polly, the cow, when she heard of it said it was most
likely a new kind of cheese, while one of the calves, which had
seen the carriage from the field, felt sure that he had seen a
pair of horns sticking out. “I'll find out,” said the calf to
its friend the foal. But the foal shook his mane, laughed
and said “neigh,” which means “no” in horse language. The
donkey was the only one who said nothing, but then he was
such an ass.

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