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                        my nose."--" My dear," answered the
                        husband, “I vow I do not think of it;
                        but what shall we do? I am about wish-
                        ing for vast riches, and propose to make
                        a golden case to hide the pudding."--
                        “Not at all," answered the wife, "for
                        I should kill myself, were I to live with
                        this pudding dangling at my nose; be
                        persuaded, we have still a wish to make
                        --leave it to me, or I shall instantly
                        throw myself out of the window." With
                        this she ran and opened the window; but
                        the husband, who loved his wife, called
                        out, “Hold, my dear wife, I give you
                        leave to wish for what you will." "Well,"
                        said the wife, my wish is, that this pud-
                        ding may drop off.” At that instant the
                        pudding dropped off; and the wife, who
                        did not want wit, said to her husband,