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about, so that the poor miller could get
no rest, thinking he was bewitched; so
be sent for a doctor. When the doctor
came, Tom began to dance and sing;
and the docter being as much frightened
as the miller, sent in haste for five other
doctors and twenty learned men.
When they were debating upon the
cause of this extraordinary occurrence,
the miller happened to yawn, when Tom
embracing the opportunity, made another
jump, and alighted-safely upon his feet
on the middle of the table.
The miller, who was very much pro-
voked at being tormented by such a little
pigmy creature, fell into a terrible rage,
and, laying hold of Tom, he then opened
the window, and threw him into the
river. At the moment the miller let
Tom drop a large salmon, swimming
along at the time, saw him fall, and snap-
ped him up in a minute. A fisherman
caught the salmon, and sold it in the
market to the steward of a great lord.
The nobleman, on seeing the fish, thought
it so uncommonly fine, that he made a
present of it to King Arthur, who order-
ed it to be dressəd immediately. When
