57. Complete the story and give it a suitable title:
a milkmaid - pot of milk on head - daydreaming - will buy some eggs - will
have many hens and cocks - shall grow rich - buy ornaments and dresses - look
charming - suitors to see me - refuse them with a nod of my head - pot on
the head fell down - hopes were dashed to the ground
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A milkmaid was on her way to the market to sell some milk from her cow. As she carried the large jug of milk on top of her head, she began to dream of all the things she could do after selling the milk.
‘‘With that money, I’ll buy a hundred chicks to rear in my backyard. When they are fully grown. I can sell them at a good price at the market."
As she walked on, she continued dreaming, “Then I’ll buy two young goats and rear them on the grass close by. When they are fully grown, I can sell them at an even better price!"
Still dreaming, she said to herself, “Soon, I’ll be able to buy another cow and I will have more milk to sell. Then I shall have even more money..."
With these happy thoughts, she began to skip and jump. Suddenly she tripped and fell. The jug broke and all the milk spilt onto the ground.
No more dreaming now, she sat down and cried.