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16 the brownie standing on the steps of the ladder with his jaws all a-gape, and he gaped so wide that his mouth filled up the whole trap-door.

"Did you ever see such a wide mouth?" said the brownie.

But the man was handy with his pitch. He caught up the pot and threw it, pitch and all, into the gaping jaws.

"Did you ever feel such hot pitch?"

Then the brownie let the wheel go, and yelled and howled frightfully. Since then he has been never known to stop the wheel in that mill, and there they grind in peace.