女孩和牛奶罐

The Girl and the Pot of Milk Two girls get milk from their cow. The girls put the milk in a pot. They walk home. As they walk, the girls talk. The older girl says, " We can make butter with this milk. " " We can sell the butter and buy eggs. In time, the eggs will hatch. Then we will have lots of chickens! " " We can sell some chickens. Then we can buy new clothes. We will look good in our new clothes. " The girls are not looking.

The older girl falls. There is no more milk in the pot. Their mother asks, " What is this?" The girls are sad. " We can't sell our chickens, " says the older sister. " What chickens?" asks their mother. " The chickens come from our eggs, " says the younger sister. " What eggs?" asks their mother. " The eggs we will get from the butter, " says the younger sister. " We will make butter from this milk, " says the older sister. Their mother says, " Don't count your chickens before they hatch. "