A farmer gril was carrying a pail of milk on her head from the field to t he farmhouse
.She amused heself by thinkng :" W ith the money I get from the sale of this milk , I can
buy at least three hundred eggs. These eggs, allow -ing some mishpas , will produce two hu
nred and fifty chickens. The chickens-wil become ready for the market when the price of th
e year. I shall have enough money to buy a nice new gown . I n this dress I will go to th
e Chirst -mas party .and all the young men there will propose to me ,but I will toss
my head and refuse every one of them ." At the very thought ,she tossed her head head and
the ground. Her head and the pail of milk fell down to the ground . H er imagin plans peri
shed in a moment.