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 THE PANCAKE Once upon a time there was a good housewife, who had seven hungry children. One day she was busy frying pancakes for them, and this time she had used new milk in the making of them. One was lying in the pan, frizzling away —ah !so beautiful and thick, — it was a pleasure to look at it. The children were standing round the fire, and the goodman sat in the corner and looked on. "Oh, give me a bit of pancake, mother, I am so hungry!" said one child. "Ah, do! dear mother," said the second. "Ah, do! dear, good, kind mother," said the fourth. "Ah, do! dear, good, kind, nice mother," said the fifth. " Ah, do ! dear, good, kind, nice, sweet mother," said the sixth. "Ah, do! dear, good, kind, nice, sweet, darling mother," said the seventh. And thus they were all begging for pancakes, the one more prettily than the other, because they were so hungry, and such good little children. "Yes, children dear, wait a bit till it turns itself," she answered —she ought to have said " till I turn it " — " and then you shall all have pancakes, beautiful pancakes, made of new milk, — only look how thick and happy it lies there." When the pancake heard this, it got frightened, and all of a sudden, it turned itself and wanted to get out of the pan, but it fell down in it again on the other side, and when it had
 * Ah, do ! dear, good mother," said the third.