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- THREE MEN OF GOTHAM
- THERE is a town in England called Gotham, and many merry stories are
- told of the queer people who used to live there.
- One day two men of Gotham met on a bridge. Hodge was coming from
- the market, and Peter was going to the market.
- "Where are you going?" said Hodge.
- "I am going to the market to buy sheep," said Peter.
- "Buy sheep?" said Hodge. "And which way will you bring them home?"
- "I shall bring them over this bridge," said Peter.
- "No, you shall not," said Hodge.
- "Yes, but I will," said Peter.
- "You shall not," said Hodge.
- "I will," said Peter.
- Then they beat with their sticks on the ground as though there had
- been a hundred sheep between them.
- "Take care!" cried Peter. "Look out that my sheep don't jump on the
- bridge."
- "I care not where they jump," said Hodge; "but they shall not go over it."
- "But they shall," said Peter.
- "Have a care," said Hodge; "for if you say too much, I will put my fingers
- in your mouth."
- "Will you?" said Peter.
- Just then another man of Gotham came from the market with a sack of
- meal on his horse. He heard his neighbors quarreling about sheep; but
- he could see no sheep between them, and so he stopped and spoke to
- them.
- "Ah, you foolish fellows!" he cried. "It is strange that you will never learn
- wisdom.βCome here, Peter, and help me lay my sack on my shoulder. "
- Peter did so, and the man carried his meal to the side of the bridge.
- "Now look at me," he said, "and learn a lesson." And he opened the mouth
- of the sack, and poured all the meal into the river.
- "Now, neighbors," he said, "can you tell how much meal is in my sack?"
- "How much meal is in my sack?"
- "There is none at all!" cried Hodge and Peter together.
- "You are right," said the man; "and you that stand here and quarrel about
- nothing, have no more sense in your heads than I have meal in my sack!"
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