"
Nevertheless, when they had eaten dinner, for which Little Miss Muffet
had a wonderful appetite, the woman took her into the dairy and told
her how she could assist her in curdling the milk and preparing it for
the cheese-press.
"Why, it 's really fun to work," said the girl, at first, "and I
should like to live here always. I do hope Nurse Holloweg will not
find me."
After a time, however, she grew weary, and wanted to rest; but the
woman had not yet finished her cheese-making, so she bade the girl
keep at her tasks.
"It 's time enough to rest when the work is done," she said, "and if
you stay with me you must earn your board. No one is allowed to idle
in this house."
So Little Miss Muffet, though she felt like crying and was very tired,
kept at her work until at length all was finished and the last cheese
was in the press.
"Now," said the farmer's wife, "since you have worked so well I shall
give you a dish of curds and whey for your supper, and you may go out
into the orchard and eat it under the shade of the trees."
Little Miss Muffet had never eaten curds and whey before, and did not
know how they tasted; but she was very hungry, so she took the dish
and went into the orchard.
She first looked around for a place to sit down, and finally
discovered a little grassy mound, which is called a tuffet in the
country, and seated herself upon it.
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