[produced] [by] [david] [widger] [a] [wonder-book] [for] [girls] [and] [boys] [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] [the] [miraculous] [pitcher] [contents] [:] [the] [hillside] [.] [introductory] [to] ["] [the] [miraculous] [pitcher] ["] [the] [miraculous] [pitcher] [the] [hillside] [after] [the] [story] [introductory] [to] ["] [the] [miraculous] [pitcher] ["] and when , and [where] [,] do you think we find the children next [?] 1 and 2 when 1 and 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 7 do 7 do 8 you 7 do 9 think 9 think 10 we 9 think 11 find 10 we 11 find 11 find 13 children 11 find 14 next 12 the 13 children no [longer] [in] the winter-time [,] [but] [in] [the] [merry] [month] [of] [may] [.] 1 no 5 winter-time 4 the 5 winter-time they had set out from home with the mighty purpose of climbing this high hill , even to the very tiptop of its bald head [.] 1 they 16 , 2 had 3 set 2 had 16 , 3 set 4 out 3 set 5 from 3 set 7 with 5 from 6 home 6 home 7 with 7 with 10 purpose 8 the 10 purpose 9 mighty 10 purpose 10 purpose 11 of 11 of 12 climbing 12 climbing 15 hill 13 this 15 hill 14 high 15 hill 16 , 17 even 16 , 18 to 18 to 21 tiptop 19 the 20 very 19 the 21 tiptop 21 tiptop 22 of 22 of 25 head 23 its 25 head 24 bald 25 head and was [cousin] [eustace] [with] [the] [party] [?] 1 and 2 was of that you may be certain [;] [else] [how] [could] [the] [book] [go] [on] [a] [step] [further] [?] 1 of 2 that 1 of 3 you 3 you 4 may 4 may 5 be 5 be 6 certain this expedition up [the] mountain was [entirely] of his contrivance [.] 1 this 5 mountain 2 expedition 5 mountain 3 up 5 mountain 5 mountain 6 was 6 was 8 of 8 of 10 contrivance 9 his 10 contrivance that sociablest of flowers [,] [the] [little] [housatonia] [,] was very abundant [.] 1 that 2 sociablest 2 sociablest 3 of 2 sociablest 10 was 3 of 4 flowers 10 was 12 abundant 11 very 12 abundant there were wild geraniums , too , and a thousand white blossoms of the strawberry [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 4 geraniums 2 were 6 too 3 wild 4 geraniums 5 , 6 too 6 too 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 thousand 8 and 11 white 9 a 10 thousand 10 thousand 11 white 11 white 12 blossoms 12 blossoms 13 of 13 of 15 strawberry 14 the 15 strawberry it knew [,] [i] [suppose] [,] [how] [beautiful] [and] [sweet-scented] [they] [were] [.] 1 it 2 knew so cunning was their concealment , that the children sometimes smelt the delicate richness of their perfume [,] before they knew whence it proceeded [.] 1 so 2 cunning 2 cunning 3 was 3 was 5 concealment 4 their 5 concealment 5 concealment 7 that 5 concealment 11 smelt 6 , 7 that 7 that 9 children 7 that 11 smelt 8 the 9 children 9 children 11 smelt 10 sometimes 11 smelt 11 smelt 14 richness 11 smelt 19 before 11 smelt 22 whence 12 the 14 richness 13 delicate 14 richness 14 richness 15 of 15 of 17 perfume 16 their 17 perfume 19 before 20 they 19 before 21 knew 20 they 21 knew 22 whence 23 it 22 whence 24 proceeded 23 it 24 proceeded they had done [with] summer before the summer came [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 done 3 done 5 summer 3 done 6 before 6 before 8 summer 6 before 9 came 7 the 8 summer 8 summer 9 came within those small globes of winged seeds it was autumn now [!] 1 within 4 globes 1 within 8 it 2 those 4 globes 3 small 4 globes 4 globes 5 of 5 of 7 seeds 6 winged 7 seeds 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 autumn 9 was 11 now 10 autumn 11 now well , but we must not waste our valuable pages with any more talk about the spring-time and wild flowers [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 13 more 3 but 11 with 3 but 13 more 4 we 5 must 5 must 6 not 5 must 7 waste 6 not 7 waste 7 waste 10 pages 8 our 10 pages 9 valuable 10 pages 10 pages 11 with 11 with 12 any 13 more 14 talk 14 talk 15 about 15 about 20 flowers 16 the 20 flowers 17 spring-time 18 and 18 and 19 wild 18 and 20 flowers there is [something] [,] [we] [hope] [,] more [interesting] to be [talked] about [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 8 more 2 is 10 to 10 to 11 be 11 be 13 about hereupon they brighten up , and change their grieved looks into the broadest kind of smiles [.] 1 hereupon 2 they 1 hereupon 6 and 1 hereupon 16 smiles 2 they 6 and 3 brighten 4 up 3 brighten 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 change 7 change 10 looks 7 change 11 into 8 their 10 looks 9 grieved 10 looks 10 looks 11 into 11 into 13 broadest 12 the 13 broadest 14 kind 15 of 15 of 16 smiles [the] [miraculous] [pitcher] [.] they had already eaten their frugal supper , and intended now to spend a quiet hour or two [before] bedtime [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 9 and 3 already 4 eaten 4 eaten 7 supper 4 eaten 9 and 5 their 7 supper 6 frugal 7 supper 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 intended 10 intended 12 to 10 intended 13 spend 11 now 12 to 12 to 13 spend 13 spend 17 or 14 a 16 hour 15 quiet 16 hour 16 hour 17 or 17 or 20 bedtime 18 two 20 bedtime " [well-a-day] [!] " [answered] [old] [baucis] [,] ["] [i] [do] [wish] [our] [neighbors] [felt] [a] [little] [more] [kindness] [for] [their] [fellow-creatures] [.] 1 " 4 " " [those] [children] [will] [never] [come] [to] [any] [good] [,] " [said] [philemon] [,] [shaking] [his] [white] [head] [.] 1 " 11 " " [that] ['] [s] [right] [,] [husband] [!] " [said] [baucis] [.] 1 " 9 " " so [we] [will] [!] ["] 1 " 2 so these old folks [,] [you] [must] [know] [,] [were] [quite] [poor] [,] [and] [had] [to] [work] [pretty] [hard] [for] [a] [living] [.] 1 these 3 folks 2 old 3 folks this valley , in past ages , when the world was new , had probably been the bed of a lake [.] 1 this 2 valley 2 valley 4 in 2 valley 14 had 3 , 4 in 4 in 6 ages 4 in 7 , 5 past 6 ages 7 , 8 when 8 when 10 world 8 when 11 was 8 when 13 , 8 when 14 had 9 the 10 world 10 world 11 was 11 was 12 new 14 had 16 been 15 probably 16 been 16 been 18 bed 17 the 18 bed 18 bed 19 of 19 of 21 lake 20 a 21 lake never was there a prettier or more fruitful valley [.] 1 never 2 was 2 was 3 there 2 was 9 valley 4 a 9 valley 5 prettier 6 or 6 or 7 more 6 or 9 valley 8 fruitful 9 valley they were a very selfish and hard-hearted people , and had no pity for the poor , [nor] sympathy with the homeless [.] 1 they 6 and 2 were 5 selfish 2 were 6 and 3 a 4 very 4 very 5 selfish 6 and 10 and 7 hard-hearted 8 people 7 hard-hearted 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 had 11 had 13 pity 11 had 14 for 11 had 20 with 12 no 13 pity 14 for 19 sympathy 15 the 19 sympathy 16 poor 17 , 16 poor 19 sympathy 19 sympathy 20 with 20 with 22 homeless 21 the 22 homeless you [will] [hardly] [believe] [what] [i] [am] going to tell you [.] 1 you 8 going 8 going 9 to 9 to 10 tell 10 tell 11 you they would take off their hats , and make the humblest bows you ever saw [.] 1 they 2 would 2 would 8 and 3 take 4 off 3 take 8 and 4 off 6 hats 5 their 6 hats 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 make 9 make 12 bows 10 the 11 humblest 10 the 12 bows 12 bows 13 you 12 bows 15 saw 13 you 15 saw 14 ever 15 saw there [was] [a] [confused] [din] , which lasted a [good] while , and seemed to pass [quite] through the breadth of the valley [.] 1 there 6 , 6 , 13 and 7 which 13 and 8 lasted 11 while 8 lasted 13 and 9 a 11 while 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 seemed 14 seemed 15 to 14 seemed 16 pass 15 to 16 pass 16 pass 18 through 16 pass 20 breadth 19 the 20 breadth 20 breadth 21 of 21 of 23 valley 22 the 23 valley " [i] [never] [heard] [the] [dogs] so [loud] [!] ["] [observed] [the] [good] [old] [man] [.] 1 " 7 so " [nor] [the] [children] so [rude] [!] ["] [answered] [his] [good] [old] [wife] [.] 1 " 5 so close behind them came the fierce dogs , snarling at their very heels [.] 1 close 2 behind 1 close 4 came 2 behind 3 them 4 came 7 dogs 5 the 7 dogs 6 fierce 7 dogs 7 dogs 9 snarling 8 , 9 snarling 9 snarling 10 at 10 at 13 heels 11 their 12 very 11 their 13 heels and this [,] [i] [am] [afraid] [,] was the reason why the villagers had allowed their children and dogs [to] [treat] [them] [so] [rudely] [.] 1 and 2 this 2 this 8 was 8 was 10 reason 9 the 10 reason 10 reason 11 why 11 why 13 villagers 11 why 18 and 12 the 13 villagers 13 villagers 18 and 14 had 15 allowed 14 had 18 and 15 allowed 17 children 16 their 17 children 18 and 19 dogs " [come] [,] [wife] [,] " [said] [philemon] [to] [baucis] [,] ["] [let] [us] [go] [and] [meet] [these] [poor] [people] [.] 1 " 6 " no doubt , they feel almost too heavy-hearted to climb the hill [.] ["] 1 no 3 , 2 doubt 3 , 3 , 10 climb 4 they 5 feel 5 feel 6 almost 5 feel 8 heavy-hearted 6 almost 7 too 8 heavy-hearted 9 to 9 to 10 climb 10 climb 12 hill 11 the 12 hill a comfortable bowl of bread and milk would do wonders towards raising their spirits [.] ["] 1 a 2 comfortable 1 a 3 bowl 2 comfortable 3 bowl 3 bowl 4 of 3 bowl 8 would 4 of 6 and 5 bread 6 and 6 and 7 milk 8 would 9 do 9 do 10 wonders 9 do 11 towards 10 wonders 11 towards 11 towards 12 raising 12 raising 14 spirits 13 their 14 spirits accordingly , she hastened into the cottage [.] 1 accordingly 2 , 1 accordingly 3 she 3 she 4 hastened 4 hastened 5 into 5 into 7 cottage 6 the 7 cottage " [welcome] [,] [strangers] [!] [welcome] [!] " 1 " 8 " " [thank] [you] [!] ["] replied [the] [younger] [of] the two , in a lively kind of way , notwithstanding his weariness and trouble [.] 1 " 6 replied 6 replied 11 two 6 replied 20 notwithstanding 10 the 11 two 11 two 13 in 12 , 13 in 13 in 17 of 13 in 19 , 14 a 15 lively 14 a 17 of 15 lively 17 of 16 kind 17 of 17 of 18 way 19 , 20 notwithstanding 20 notwithstanding 23 and 21 his 22 weariness 22 weariness 23 and 23 and 24 trouble " [this] [is] [quite] [another] [greeting] [than] we have [met] [with] [yonder] [,] [in] [the] [village] [.] 1 " 8 we 8 we 9 have [pray] [,] [why] [do] [you] [live] [in] [such] [a] [bad] [neighborhood] [?] ["] one thing , certainly , seemed queer [.] 1 one 2 thing 2 thing 6 seemed 3 , 4 certainly 4 certainly 5 , 4 certainly 6 seemed 6 seemed 7 queer " [i] [used] [to] [be] [light-footed] [,] [in] [my] [youth] [,] " [said] [philemen] [to] [the] [traveller] [.] 1 " 12 " " [but] [i] [always] [found] [my] [feet] [grow] [heavier] [towards] [nightfall] [.] " 1 " 13 " this [staff] [,] [in] [fact] [,] was [the] [oddest-looking] [staff] [that] [philemon] [had] [ever] [beheld] [.] 1 this 7 was it was made of olive-wood , and had something like a little pair of wings near the top [.] 1 it 7 and 2 was 4 of 2 was 7 and 3 made 4 of 4 of 5 olive-wood 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 had 8 had 9 something 8 had 10 like 8 had 16 near 9 something 10 like 10 like 13 pair 11 a 12 little 11 a 13 pair 12 little 13 pair 13 pair 14 of 14 of 15 wings 15 wings 16 near 16 near 18 top 17 the 18 top " [a] [curious] [piece] [of] [work] [,] [sure] [enough] [!] ["] said he [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he ["] [a] [staff] [with] [wings] [!] it would be an excellent kind of stick for a little boy to ride astride [of] [!] ["] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 7 of 3 be 9 for 4 an 5 excellent 4 an 7 of 5 excellent 7 of 6 kind 7 of 7 of 8 stick 7 of 9 for 9 for 12 boy 10 a 12 boy 11 little 12 boy 12 boy 13 to 12 boy 15 astride 13 to 14 ride 14 ride 15 astride by [this] [time] , [philemon] and [his] [two] [guests] [had] [reached] [the] [cottage-door] [.] 1 by 4 , 4 , 6 and " [friends] [,] ["] said the old man , " sit down and rest yourselves here on this bench [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 8 man 5 said 9 , 5 said 13 and 6 the 8 man 7 old 8 man 9 , 10 " 11 sit 12 down 11 sit 13 and 13 and 14 rest 14 rest 15 yourselves 14 rest 16 here 14 rest 17 on 17 on 19 bench 18 this 19 bench my [good] [wife] [baucis] [has] [gone] [to] [see] [what] you [can] have [for] [supper] [.] 1 my 10 you 10 you 12 have we [are] [poor] [folks] [;] [but] [you] shall be [welcome] to [whatever] [we] have in the cupboard [.] ["] 1 we 8 shall 8 shall 9 be 9 be 11 to 11 to 14 have 14 have 15 in 15 in 17 cupboard 16 the 17 cupboard the younger stranger threw himself carelessly on the bench , letting his staff fall , as he did so [.] 1 the 3 stranger 2 younger 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 threw 4 threw 5 himself 4 threw 6 carelessly 4 threw 7 on 4 threw 16 as 7 on 9 bench 8 the 9 bench 9 bench 11 letting 10 , 11 letting 11 letting 13 staff 11 letting 14 fall 11 letting 15 , 12 his 13 staff 16 as 17 he 16 as 18 did 17 he 18 did 18 did 19 so and [here] [happened] [something] [rather] [marvellous] , though [trifling] [enough] [,] [too] [.] 1 and 7 , 7 , 8 though there it stood quite still [,] [except] [that] [the] [snakes] [continued] [to] [wriggle] [.] 1 there 2 it 2 it 3 stood 3 stood 5 still 4 quite 5 still but , in [my] [private] [opinion] , [old] [philemon] ['s] [eyesight] had been playing him [tricks] again [.] 1 but 2 , 2 , 3 in 3 in 7 , 7 , 12 had 12 had 13 been 13 been 14 playing 14 playing 15 him 14 playing 17 again before he could ask any questions , the elder stranger drew his attention from the wonderful staff , by speaking to him [.] 1 before 2 he 1 before 4 ask 1 before 7 , 1 before 10 stranger 2 he 3 could 3 could 4 ask 4 ask 6 questions 5 any 6 questions 8 the 10 stranger 9 elder 10 stranger 10 stranger 11 drew 11 drew 13 attention 11 drew 14 from 11 drew 19 by 12 his 13 attention 13 attention 14 from 14 from 17 staff 15 the 17 staff 16 wonderful 17 staff 18 , 19 by 19 by 20 speaking 20 speaking 21 to 21 to 22 him " [not] [in] [my] [day] [,] [friend] [,] " [answered] [philemon] [;] ["] [and] [yet] [i] [am] [an] [old] [man] [,] [as] [you] [see] [.] 1 " 9 " " [that] [is] [more] [than] [can] [be] [safely] [foretold] [,] " [observed] [the] [stranger] [;] [and] [there] [was] [something] [very] [stern] [in] [his] [deep] [voice] [.] 1 " 11 " but , in a moment afterwards , the stranger 's face became so kindly and mild [,] [that] [the] [old] [man] [quite] [forgot] [his] [terror] [.] 1 but 2 , 1 but 11 face 1 but 12 became 3 in 5 moment 3 in 11 face 4 a 5 moment 6 afterwards 7 , 6 afterwards 11 face 8 the 9 stranger 9 stranger 10 's 10 's 11 face 11 face 12 became 12 became 13 so 12 became 15 and 14 kindly 15 and 15 and 16 mild [while] [baucis] [was] [getting] [the] [supper] [,] [the] [travellers] [both] [began] [to] [talk] [very] [sociably] [with] [philemon] [.] " [why] [,] [i] [am] [very] [nimble] [,] [as] [you] [see] [,] " [answered] [the] [traveller] [.] 1 " 13 " " so [,] [if] [you] [call] [me] [quicksilver] [,] [the] [name] [will] [fit] [tolerably] [well] [.] ["] 1 " 2 so ["] [quicksilver] [?] [quicksilver] [?] ["] [repeated] [philemon] [,] [looking] [in] [the] [traveller] ['s] [face] [,] [to] [see] [if] [he] [were] [making] [fun] [of] [him] [.] ["] [it] [is] [a] [very] [odd] [name] [!] and [your] [companion] there [?] 1 and 4 there has he [as] [strange] [a] [one] [?] ["] 1 has 2 he " [you] [must] [ask] [the] [thunder] [to] [tell] [it] [you] [!] " [replied] [quicksilver] [,] [putting] [on] [a] [mysterious] [look] [.] 1 " 12 " " [no] [other] [voice] [is] [loud] [enough] [.] " 1 " 9 " but [philemon] , [simple] and kind-hearted old man that he was , had [not] [many] [secrets] [to] [disclose] [.] 1 but 3 , 3 , 5 and 5 and 8 man 5 and 13 had 6 kind-hearted 8 man 7 old 8 man 9 that 10 he 9 that 13 had 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 , he [told] [what] [excellent] [butter] [and] [cheese] [baucis] made , and how nice were the vegetables which he raised in his garden [.] 1 he 10 , 9 made 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 how 11 and 14 were 12 how 13 nice 13 nice 14 were 14 were 16 vegetables 15 the 16 vegetables 16 vegetables 17 which 16 vegetables 19 raised 17 which 18 he 17 which 19 raised 18 he 19 raised 19 raised 20 in 20 in 22 garden 21 his 22 garden as the stranger listened , a smile beamed over his countenance , and made its expression as sweet as it was grand [.] 1 as 3 stranger 1 as 4 listened 1 as 5 , 1 as 7 smile 2 the 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 listened 6 a 7 smile 7 smile 13 and 8 beamed 9 over 8 beamed 11 countenance 8 beamed 13 and 10 his 11 countenance 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 made 14 made 16 expression 15 its 16 expression 16 expression 18 sweet 17 as 18 sweet 18 sweet 19 as 19 as 20 it 19 as 21 was 19 as 22 grand 20 it 21 was it is [fit] that your wish be granted [.] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 that 4 that 6 wish 4 that 8 granted 5 your 6 wish 6 wish 7 be 7 be 8 granted but [i] [took] the [most] part of [to-day] ['s] milk [to] [make] [cheese] [;] [and] [our] [last] [loaf] is [already] [half] [eaten] [.] 1 but 6 part 1 but 19 is 4 the 6 part 6 part 7 of 7 of 10 milk [ah] [me] [!] i never feel the sorrow of being poor , save when a poor traveller knocks at our door [.] ["] 1 i 9 , 2 never 3 feel 3 feel 5 sorrow 3 feel 9 , 4 the 5 sorrow 5 sorrow 6 of 6 of 7 being 7 being 8 poor 9 , 10 save 9 , 11 when 11 when 14 traveller 11 when 15 knocks 12 a 14 traveller 13 poor 14 traveller 14 traveller 15 knocks 15 knocks 16 at 16 at 18 door 17 our 18 door " [all] [will] [be] [very] [well] [;] [do] [not] [trouble] [yourself] [,] [my] [good] [dame] [,] ["] replied the elder stranger [,] [kindly] [.] 1 " 18 replied 18 replied 21 stranger 19 the 21 stranger 20 elder 21 stranger i [think] [i] [never] felt [hungrier] in my life [.] ["] 1 i 5 felt 5 felt 7 in 7 in 9 life 8 my 9 life " [mercy] [on] [us] [!] " [whispered] [baucis] [to] [her] [husband] [.] 1 " 6 " " [if] [the] [young] [man] [has] [such] [a] [terrible] [appetite] [,] [i] [am] [afraid] [there] [will] [not] [be] [half] [enough] [supper] [!] " 1 " 23 " they all went into the cottage [.] 1 they 3 went 2 all 3 went 3 went 4 into 4 into 6 cottage 5 the 6 cottage and now , my little auditors [,] shall [i] tell you something that will make [you] open your [eyes] very wide [?] 1 and 2 now 1 and 6 auditors 1 and 10 tell 3 , 4 my 4 my 6 auditors 5 little 6 auditors 6 auditors 8 shall 10 tell 11 you 10 tell 12 something 12 something 13 that 12 something 15 make 13 that 14 will 14 will 15 make 15 make 17 open 17 open 21 wide 18 your 20 very 18 your 21 wide it is really one of the oddest circumstances in the whole story [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 really 2 is 4 one 2 is 9 in 4 one 5 of 5 of 8 circumstances 6 the 7 oddest 6 the 8 circumstances 8 circumstances 9 in 9 in 12 story 10 the 12 story 11 whole 12 story quicksilver 's staff [,] [you] [recollect] [,] [had] [set] [itself] [up] [against] [the] [wall] [of] [the] [cottage] [.] 1 quicksilver 2 's 2 's 3 staff as [baucis] [had] [said] [,] there was but a scanty supper for two hungry travellers [.] 1 as 6 there 1 as 7 was 7 was 8 but 7 was 12 for 8 but 11 supper 9 a 10 scanty 9 a 11 supper 10 scanty 11 supper 11 supper 12 for 12 for 15 travellers 13 two 15 travellers 14 hungry 15 travellers there was a pretty good bunch of grapes for each of the guests [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 6 bunch 2 was 9 for 3 a 6 bunch 4 pretty 5 good 5 good 6 bunch 6 bunch 7 of 7 of 8 grapes 8 grapes 9 for 9 for 13 guests 10 each 11 of 10 each 13 guests 11 of 13 guests 12 the 13 guests [alas] [!] [it] [is] [a] [very] [sad] [business] [,] [when] [a] [bountiful] [heart] [finds] [itself] [pinched] [and] [squeezed] [among] [narrow] [circumstances] [.] and , since the supper was so exceedingly small , she could not help wishing that their appetites had not been [quite] so [large] [.] 1 and 2 , 2 , 3 since 3 since 5 supper 3 since 6 was 3 since 10 , 3 since 11 she 4 the 5 supper 5 supper 6 was 6 was 9 small 7 so 8 exceedingly 8 exceedingly 9 small 11 she 12 could 12 could 13 not 13 not 14 help 14 help 15 wishing 14 help 19 had 15 wishing 16 that 15 wishing 18 appetites 17 their 18 appetites 19 had 20 not 19 had 21 been 21 been 23 so why , at their very first sitting down , the travellers both drank off all the milk in their two bowls , at a draught [.] 1 why 11 travellers 2 , 3 at 3 at 6 first 3 at 9 , 3 at 11 travellers 4 their 5 very 4 their 6 first 6 first 7 sitting 7 sitting 8 down 10 the 11 travellers 11 travellers 13 drank 12 both 13 drank 13 drank 14 off 13 drank 15 all 13 drank 18 in 15 all 16 the 15 all 17 milk 16 the 17 milk 18 in 21 bowls 19 their 20 two 20 two 21 bowls 21 bowls 23 at 22 , 23 at 23 at 25 draught 24 a 25 draught " [a] [little] [more] [milk] [,] [kind] [mother] [baucis] [,] [if] [you] [please] [,] " [said] [quicksilver] [.] 1 " 15 " " [the] [day] [has] [been] [hot] [,] [and] [i] [am] [very] [much] [athirst] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [now] [,] [my] [dear] [people] [,] " [answered] [baucis] [,] [in] [great] [confusion] [,] ["] [i] [am] [so] [sorry] [and] [ashamed] [!] 1 " 8 " but [the] [truth] is , there is hardly a drop more milk in the pitcher [.] 1 but 5 , 4 is 5 , 5 , 7 is 6 there 7 is 7 is 8 hardly 7 is 10 drop 9 a 10 drop 10 drop 11 more 10 drop 12 milk 11 more 12 milk 12 milk 13 in 13 in 15 pitcher 14 the 15 pitcher [o] [husband] [!] [husband] [!] [why] [did] [n't] [we] [go] [without] [our] [supper] [?] ["] here is [certainly] more milk in the pitcher [.] ["] 1 here 2 is 2 is 5 milk 4 more 5 milk 5 milk 6 in 6 in 8 pitcher 7 the 8 pitcher the good woman could scarcely believe her eyes [.] 1 the 3 woman 2 good 3 woman 3 woman 4 could 4 could 6 believe 5 scarcely 6 believe 6 believe 8 eyes 7 her 8 eyes " [but] [i] [am] [old] [,] " [thought] [baucis] [to] [herself] [,] ["] [and] [apt] [to] [be] [forgetful] [.] 1 " 7 " i [suppose] [i] must have made a mistake [.] 1 i 4 must 4 must 5 have 5 have 6 made 6 made 8 mistake 7 a 8 mistake at all events , the pitcher cannot [,] [help] [being] [empty] [now] [,] [after] [filling] [the] [bowls] [twice] [over] [.] ["] 1 at 3 events 1 at 4 , 1 at 6 pitcher 2 all 3 events 5 the 6 pitcher 6 pitcher 7 cannot " [what] [excellent] [milk] [!] " [observed] [quicksilver] [,] [after] [quaffing] [the] [contents] [of] [the] [second] [bowl] [.] 1 " 6 " " [excuse] [me] [,] [my] [kind] [hostess] [,] [but] [i] [must] [really] [ask] [you] [for] [a] [little] [more] [.] " 1 " 20 " of course , there could not possibly be any left [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 2 course 4 there 4 there 5 could 5 could 6 not 5 could 8 be 6 not 8 be 7 possibly 8 be 8 be 9 any 9 any 10 left and [then] what [a] [delicious] [fragrance] [the] [milk] had [!] 1 and 3 what 3 what 9 had i only wish that each of you , my beloved little souls , could have a bowl of such nice milk , at supper-time ! 1 i 3 wish 2 only 3 wish 3 wish 4 that 4 that 5 each 4 that 15 have 5 each 6 of 5 each 12 souls 5 each 14 could 6 of 7 you 8 , 12 souls 9 my 12 souls 10 beloved 12 souls 11 little 12 souls 12 souls 13 , 14 could 15 have 15 have 17 bowl 16 a 17 bowl 17 bowl 18 of 18 of 21 milk 19 such 21 milk 20 nice 21 milk 21 milk 23 at 22 , 23 at 23 at 24 supper-time 23 at 25 ! yet , what [other] loaf could it possibly be [?] 1 yet 2 , 1 yet 3 what 3 what 5 loaf 5 loaf 6 could 5 loaf 9 be 6 could 7 it 6 could 9 be 8 possibly 9 be but , oh [the] [honey] [!] 1 but 2 , 2 , 3 oh i may just as well let it alone [,] [without] [trying] [to] [describe] [how] [exquisitely] [it] [smelt] [and] [looked] [.] 1 i 2 may 2 may 6 let 3 just 4 as 4 as 5 well 5 well 6 let 6 let 7 it 6 let 8 alone never was such honey tasted , seen , or smelt [.] 1 never 2 was 2 was 4 honey 2 was 9 or 3 such 4 honey 5 tasted 7 seen 5 tasted 9 or 6 , 7 seen 7 seen 8 , 8 , 9 or 9 or 10 smelt " [did] [you] [ever] [hear] [the] [like] [?] ["] asked she [.] 1 " 10 asked 10 asked 11 she " [no] [,] [i] [never] [did] [,] " [answered] [philemon] [,] [with] [a] [smile] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [and] [i] [rather] [think] [,] [my] [dear] [old] [wife] [,] [you] [have] [been] [walking] [about] [in] [a] [sort] [of] [a] [dream] [.] [if] [i] [had] [poured] [out] [the] [milk] [,] [i] [should] [have] [seen] [through] [the] [business] [,] [at] [once] [.] there happened to be a little more in the pitcher than you thought , that is all [.] ["] 1 there 2 happened 2 happened 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 7 more 4 be 8 in 4 be 11 than 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 more 8 in 10 pitcher 9 the 10 pitcher 11 than 12 you 11 than 13 thought 12 you 13 thought 13 thought 14 , 13 thought 15 that 13 thought 16 is 15 that 16 is 16 is 17 all " [ah] [,] [husband] [,] ["] [said] [baucis] [,] ["] [say] [what] you [will] [,] [these] are very [uncommon] [people] [.] ["] 1 " 13 you 13 you 17 are 17 are 18 very " [well] [,] [well] [,] " [replied] [philemon] [,] [still] [smiling] [,] ["] [perhaps] [they] [are] [.] 1 " 6 " each of the guests had now taken his bunch of grapes upon his plate [.] 1 each 2 of 1 each 4 guests 2 of 4 guests 3 the 4 guests 4 guests 5 had 5 had 7 taken 6 now 7 taken 7 taken 11 grapes 7 taken 12 upon 8 his 9 bunch 9 bunch 10 of 9 bunch 11 grapes 10 of 11 grapes 11 grapes 12 upon 12 upon 14 plate 13 his 14 plate it was [entirely] a mystery to her [how] such grapes could ever have been produced from the old stunted vine that climbed against the cottage-wall [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 mystery 2 was 23 against 4 a 5 mystery 5 mystery 6 to 6 to 7 her 9 such 10 grapes 10 grapes 11 could 11 could 13 have 12 ever 13 have 13 have 14 been 14 been 15 produced 15 produced 16 from 16 from 20 vine 17 the 20 vine 18 old 20 vine 19 stunted 20 vine 20 vine 21 that 20 vine 22 climbed 20 vine 23 against 21 that 22 climbed 23 against 25 cottage-wall 24 the 25 cottage-wall " [very] [admirable] [grapes] [these] [!] " [observed] [quicksilver] [,] [as] [he] [swallowed] [one] [after] [another] [,] [without] [apparently] [diminishing] [his] [cluster] [.] 1 " 7 " " [pray] [,] [my] [good] [host] [,] [whence] [did] [you] [gather] [them] [?] " 1 " 14 " " [from] [my] [own] [vine] [,] " [answered] [philemon] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [you] [may] [see] [one] [of] [its] [branches] [twisting] [across] [the] [window] [,] [yonder] [.] [but] [wife] [and] [i] [never] [thought] [the] [grapes] [very] [fine] [ones] [.] ["] " [i] [never] [tasted] [better] [,] " [said] [the] [guest] [.] 1 " 7 " " [another] [cup] [of] [this] [delicious] [milk] [,] [if] [you] [please] [,] [and] [i] [shall] [then] [have] [supped] [better] [than] [a] [prince] [.] " 1 " 24 " it was [lucky] [that] [philemon] [,] in his [surprise] , [did] not [drop] [the] [miraculous] [pitcher] [from] [his] [hand] [.] 1 it 10 , 2 was 7 in 2 was 10 , 7 in 8 his 10 , 12 not " [who] [are] [ye] [,] [wonder-working] [strangers] [?] ["] cried he [,] [even] [more] [bewildered] [than] [his] [wife] [had] [been] [.] 1 " 10 cried 10 cried 11 he the supper being now over [,] the strangers requested [to] be shown to their place of repose [.] 1 the 2 supper 2 supper 3 being 2 supper 11 be 3 being 4 now 3 being 5 over 5 over 8 strangers 7 the 8 strangers 8 strangers 9 requested 11 be 12 shown 12 shown 13 to 13 to 15 place 14 their 15 place 15 place 16 of 16 of 17 repose but the elder traveller had inspired them with such reverence , that they dared not ask him any questions [.] 1 but 4 traveller 1 but 14 dared 2 the 4 traveller 3 elder 4 traveller 4 traveller 5 had 5 had 6 inspired 6 inspired 7 them 6 inspired 8 with 8 with 11 , 9 such 10 reverence 10 reverence 11 , 11 , 12 that 13 they 14 dared 14 dared 15 not 14 dared 16 ask 15 not 16 ask 16 ask 17 him 16 ask 19 questions 18 any 19 questions i can't tell what to make [of] my staff [.] 1 i 2 can't 2 can't 3 tell 3 tell 4 what 4 what 5 to 4 what 6 make 5 to 6 make 6 make 9 staff 8 my 9 staff it is always playing such odd tricks as this [;] sometimes getting me a supper , and , quite as often , stealing [it] away [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 playing 3 always 4 playing 4 playing 7 tricks 4 playing 8 as 5 such 7 tricks 6 odd 7 tricks 8 as 17 and 9 this 12 getting 9 this 17 and 11 sometimes 12 getting 12 getting 13 me 12 getting 15 supper 14 a 15 supper 16 , 17 and 17 and 21 often 17 and 23 stealing 18 , 21 often 19 quite 20 as 20 as 21 often 21 often 22 , 23 stealing 25 away [if] [i] [had] [any] [faith] [in] [such] [nonsense] [,] [i] [should] [say] [the] [stick] [was] [bewitched] [!] ["] he said no more , but looked so slyly in their faces , that they [rather] fancied he was laughing at them [.] 1 he 6 but 2 said 3 no 2 said 4 more 2 said 6 but 5 , 6 but 6 but 7 looked 7 looked 8 so 7 looked 9 slyly 7 looked 10 in 7 looked 21 at 10 in 12 faces 11 their 12 faces 12 faces 14 that 12 faces 17 fancied 13 , 14 that 14 that 15 they 14 that 17 fancied 15 they 17 fancied 18 he 19 was 19 was 20 laughing 20 laughing 21 at 21 at 22 them the [magic] [staff] [went] [hopping] [at] [his] [heels] [,] [as] [quicksilver] [quitted] [the] room [.] 1 the 14 room so they all four issued from the cottage , chatting together like old friends [.] 1 so 2 they 1 so 12 like 2 they 4 four 2 they 5 issued 2 they 12 like 3 all 4 four 4 four 5 issued 5 issued 6 from 6 from 9 , 7 the 8 cottage 8 cottage 9 , 9 , 10 chatting 10 chatting 11 together 12 like 14 friends 13 old 14 friends ["] [ah] [me] [!] [well-a-day] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [philemon] [,] [when] [they] [had] [walked] [a] [little] [way] [from] [their] [door] [.] " [it] [is] [a] [sin] and [shame] [for] [them] [to] [behave] [so] [,] [that] it [is] [!] ["] cried [good] [old] [baucis] [,] [vehemently] [.] 1 " 19 cried 6 and 15 it 15 it 19 cried " [and] [i] [mean] [to] [go] [this] [very] [day] [,] [and] [tell] [some] [of] [then] [what] [naughty] [people] [they] [are] [!] " 1 " 22 " " [i] [fear] [,] " [remarked] [quicksilver] [,] [slyly] [smiling] [,] ["] [that] [you] [will] [find] [none] [of] [them] [at] [home] [.] ["] 1 " 5 " they gazed reverently into his face , as if they had been gazing at the sky [.] 1 they 2 gazed 2 gazed 3 reverently 2 gazed 4 into 2 gazed 9 if 4 into 6 face 5 his 6 face 7 , 9 if 8 as 9 if 9 if 10 they 9 if 12 been 10 they 11 had 11 had 12 been 12 been 13 gazing 12 been 14 at 13 gazing 14 at 14 at 16 sky 15 the 16 sky on which side of us does it lie [?] 1 on 2 which 1 on 3 side 1 on 6 does 2 which 3 side 3 side 4 of 4 of 5 us 6 does 7 it 6 does 8 lie [methinks] [i] [do] [not] [see] [it] [hereabouts] [.] ["] but what was their astonishment [!] 1 but 2 what 1 but 3 was 3 was 5 astonishment 4 their 5 astonishment there was no longer any appearance of a village [!] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 longer 2 was 6 appearance 3 no 4 longer 5 any 6 appearance 6 appearance 7 of 7 of 9 village 8 a 9 village even [the] [fertile] [vale] [,] in [the] [hollow] [of] [which] [it] [lay] , had ceased to have existence [.] 1 even 6 in 6 in 13 , 13 , 14 had 14 had 15 ceased 15 ceased 16 to 15 ceased 17 have 16 to 17 have 17 have 18 existence for an instant , the lake remained perfectly smooth [.] 1 for 3 instant 1 for 4 , 1 for 6 lake 2 an 3 instant 5 the 6 lake 6 lake 7 remained 7 remained 8 perfectly 7 remained 9 smooth the village had been there yesterday , and now was gone [!] 1 the 2 village 2 village 8 and 3 had 4 been 3 had 8 and 4 been 5 there 4 been 6 yesterday 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 was 9 now 10 was 10 was 11 gone " [alas] [!] ["] cried these kind-hearted old people , " what has become [of] our poor neighbors ? " 1 " 5 cried 5 cried 9 people 5 cried 10 , 5 cried 11 " 5 cried 12 what 5 cried 14 become 5 cried 19 ? 5 cried 20 " 6 these 9 people 7 kind-hearted 9 people 8 old 9 people 12 what 13 has 13 has 14 become 14 become 18 neighbors 16 our 18 neighbors 17 poor 18 neighbors " [and] [as] [for] [those] [foolish] [people] [,] " [said] [quicksilver] [,] [with] [his] [mischievous] [smile] [,] ["] [they] [are] [all] [transformed] [to] [fishes] [.] 1 " 9 " there needed but little change , [for] they were already a scaly set of rascals , and the coldest-blooded beings in existence [.] 1 there 8 they 2 needed 3 but 2 needed 6 , 2 needed 8 they 3 but 5 change 4 little 5 change 8 they 9 were 9 were 10 already 9 were 13 set 9 were 21 in 11 a 12 scaly 11 a 13 set 12 scaly 13 set 13 set 14 of 14 of 17 and 15 rascals 17 and 16 , 17 and 17 and 20 beings 17 and 21 in 18 the 20 beings 19 coldest-blooded 20 beings 21 in 22 existence " [no] [,] " [added] [philemon] [,] [making] [a] [wry] [face] [,] ["] [we] [could] [never] [relish] [them] [!] ["] 1 " 4 " [thus] [,] [the] [divinities] [have] [feasted] [,] [at] [your] [board] [,] [off] [the] [same] [viands] [that] [supply] [their] [banquets] [on] [olympus] [.] you have done well [,] [my] [dear] [old] [friends] [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 done 3 done 4 well [wherefore] [,] [request] [whatever] [favor] [you] [have] [most] [at] [heart] [,] [and] [it] [is] [granted] [.] ["] ["] [let] [us] [live] [together] [,] [while] [we] [live] [,] [and] [leave] [the] [world] [at] [the] [same] [instant] [,] [when] [we] [die] [!] for we have always loved one another [!] ["] 1 for 2 we 2 we 3 have 3 have 5 loved 4 always 5 loved 5 loved 7 another 6 one 7 another " [be] [it] [so] [!] ["] replied the stranger , with majestic kindness [.] 1 " 7 replied 7 replied 9 stranger 8 the 9 stranger 9 stranger 11 with 10 , 11 with 11 with 13 kindness 12 majestic 13 kindness " [now] [,] [look] [towards] [your] [cottage] [!] " 1 " 9 " they did so [.] 1 they 2 did 2 did 3 so " [there] [is] [your] [home] [,] ["] said the stranger [,] [beneficently] [smiling] [on] [them] [both] [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 10 stranger 9 the 10 stranger " [exercise] [your] [hospitality] [in] [yonder] [palace] [,] [as] [freely] [as] [in] [the] [poor] [hovel] [to] [which] [you] [welcomed] [us] [last] [evening] [.] " 1 " 24 " the old folks fell on their knees to thank him [;] but , behold [!] [neither] [he] [nor] [quicksilver] [was] [there] [.] 1 the 3 folks 2 old 3 folks 3 folks 13 , 4 fell 5 on 4 fell 13 , 5 on 7 knees 6 their 7 knees 7 knees 8 to 7 knees 12 but 8 to 9 thank 9 thank 10 him 9 thank 12 but 13 , 14 behold thus the old couple lived in their palace a [great] [,] [great] while , and grew older and older , [and] very old indeed [.] 1 thus 4 couple 2 the 4 couple 3 old 4 couple 4 couple 15 and 5 lived 6 in 5 lived 13 while 5 lived 15 and 6 in 8 palace 7 their 8 palace 9 a 13 while 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 grew 16 grew 18 and 16 grew 23 old 17 older 18 and 18 and 19 older 20 , 23 old 22 very 23 old 23 old 24 indeed the guests searched everywhere , [from] top to bottom of the spacious palace , and all to no purpose [.] 1 the 2 guests 2 guests 3 searched 2 guests 10 of 2 guests 15 and 3 searched 4 everywhere 3 searched 5 , 3 searched 7 top 5 , 7 top 7 top 8 to 8 to 9 bottom 10 of 13 palace 11 the 13 palace 12 spacious 13 palace 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 all 15 and 17 to 17 to 19 purpose 18 no 19 purpose one was an oak , and the other [a] linden-tree [.] 1 one 2 was 2 was 6 and 3 an 4 oak 4 oak 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 10 linden-tree 7 the 8 other 8 other 10 linden-tree and then there was a deep , broad murmur in the air , as if the two mysterious trees were speaking [.] 1 and 4 was 2 then 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 9 murmur 4 was 10 in 4 was 15 if 5 a 6 deep 5 a 9 murmur 6 deep 7 , 6 deep 9 murmur 8 broad 9 murmur 9 murmur 10 in 10 in 12 air 11 the 12 air 13 , 15 if 14 as 15 if 15 if 19 trees 15 if 20 were 16 the 17 two 17 two 19 trees 18 mysterious 19 trees 19 trees 20 were 20 were 21 speaking " [i] [am] [old] [philemon] [!] " [murmured] [the] [oak] [.] 1 " 7 " " [i] [am] [old] [baucis] [!] " [murmured] [the] [linden-tree] [.] 1 " 7 " but , as the breeze grew stronger , the trees [both] [spoke] [at] [once] , " [philemon] [!] 1 but 2 , 1 but 15 , 2 , 3 as 3 as 5 breeze 3 as 6 grew 3 as 8 , 3 as 10 trees 4 the 5 breeze 5 breeze 6 grew 6 grew 7 stronger 9 the 10 trees 15 , 16 " [baucis] [!] [baucis] [!] [philemon] [!] ["] [as] [if] [one] [were] [both] [and] [both] [were] [one] [,] [and] [talking] [together] [in] [the] [depths] [of] [their] [mutual] [heart] [.] and oh , what [a] hospitable shade did they fling around them [!] 1 and 4 what 1 and 10 fling 2 oh 3 , 2 oh 4 what 4 what 7 shade 6 hospitable 7 shade 7 shade 8 did 7 shade 10 fling 8 did 9 they 8 did 10 fling 10 fling 11 around 11 around 12 them " [welcome] [,] [welcome] [,] [dear] [traveller] [,] [welcome] [!] " 1 " 11 " and [i] [wish] [,] [for] all [our] [sakes] , that we had the pitcher here now [!] 1 and 6 all 1 and 9 , 9 , 10 that 10 that 12 had 11 we 12 had 12 had 14 pitcher 12 had 15 here 12 had 16 now 13 the 14 pitcher 14 pitcher 15 here [the] [hillside] [.] [after] [the] [story] [.] " [how] [much] [did] [the] [pitcher] [hold] [?] " [asked] [sweet] [fern] [.] 1 " 9 " " [and] [what] [has] [become] [of] [the] [pitcher] [now] [?] " [inquired] [the] [little] [boy] [.] 1 " 11 " " it was [broken] [,] [i] [am] [sorry] to say [,] [about] [twenty-five] [thousand] [years] [ago] [,] ["] [replied] [cousin] [eustace] [.] 1 " 10 say 2 it 3 was 3 was 9 to 9 to 10 say so , [you] see , it was no better than any other cracked earthen pitcher [.] ["] 1 so 2 , 2 , 7 was 4 see 5 , 4 see 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 9 better 8 no 9 better 9 better 10 than 10 than 15 pitcher 11 any 12 other 12 other 15 pitcher 13 cracked 15 pitcher 14 earthen 15 pitcher " [what] [a] [pity] [!] ["] cried all the children [at] [once] [.] 1 " 7 cried 7 cried 8 all 8 all 9 the 8 all 10 children 9 the 10 children end of [project] [gutenberg] ['s] [the] [miraculous] [pitcher] , [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 1 end 2 of 2 of 9 ,