Then she tasted the curds and
whey and found them very good.
But while she was eating she chanced to look down at her feet, and
there was a great black spider coming straight towards her. The girl
had never seen such an enormous and hideous-looking spider before, and
she was so frightened that she gave a scream and tipped backward off
the tuffet, spilling the curds and whey all over her dress as she did
so. This frightened her more than ever, and as soon as she could get
upon her feet she scampered away to the farmhouse as fast as she could
go, crying bitterly as she ran.
The farmer's wife tried to comfort her, and Miss Muffet, between her
sobs, said she had seen "the awfulest, biggest, blackest spider in all
the world!"
This made the woman laugh, for she was not afraid of spiders.
Soon after they heard a sound of wheels upon the road and a handsome
carriage came dashing up to the gate.
"Has anyone seen a little girl who has run away?" asked Nurse
Holloweg, leaning out of the carriage.
"Oh, yes" answered Little Miss Muffet; "here I am, Nurse. And she ran
out and jumped into the carriage, for she was very glad to get back
again to those who would care for her and not ask her to work making
cheeses."
When they were driving back to the town the Nurse said,
"You must promise me, Miss Muffet, never to run away again.
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