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on feeling the hot water, he kicked and
struggled so much in the pot, that his
mother thought that the pudding was be-
witched, and, instantly pulling it out of
the pot, she threw it to the door. A poor
tinker, who was passing by, lifted up the
pudding, and, putting it into his bud-
get, he then walked off. As Tom had
now got his mouth cleared of the batter,
he then began to cry aloud, which so
frightened the tinker, that he flung down
the pudding, and ran away. The pud-
ding being broke-to pieces by the fall,
Tom crept out covered over with the
batter, and with difficulty walked home.
His mother, who was very sorry to see
her darling in such a woful state, put
him into a tea-cup, and soon washed off
the batter; after which she kissed him,
and laid him in bed.
Soon after the adventure of the pud-
ding, Tom's mother went to milk her
cow in the meadow, and she took him a-
long with her. As the wind was very
high, for fear of being blown away, she
tied him to a thistle with a piece of fine
thread. The cow soon observed the oak-
leaf hat, and, liking the appearanee of it,
