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The Man who was going to Mind the House.
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hung a pot
with water over the fire. When he had dooc this, he began to feel afraid that the cow might fall off the roof and break her l^'S or her neck, so he went up on the roof to tie her up. The one end of the rope he tied round the neck of the cow, and the other he let down the chim- ney and tied round his 1^ when he came down, for the water was boil- ing already, and be must put the oatmeal in and begpn to make the por- ridge. While he was stirring it, the cow fell off the roof and dragged the man up
