Good evening, children.

It's Granny Madduff, ready with a story.

So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin.

Once upon a time, there lived a peasant called Henry Crab.

One day, Crabb got into his wagon, pulled by two oxen, and drove his cart to town.

Crabb's business was selling wood to the townspeople. When he arrived in town, he sold the whole load to a doctor.

He waited, standing over the kitchen table, as the doctor counted out the money owed to him.

Crab watched as the man so daintily sipped his tea and counted the coins.

Crab desired very much to be like the doctor "'and to have all that would come with it.

"'Do you think I could be a doctor?'

"'Crab inquired.

"'Yes,' replied the doctor.

"'You'd soon manage, but there is much work to do first.'

"'What must I do?' "'Crab asked.' soon manage, but there is much work to do first.

What must I do?

Crabb asked.

Well, first you must buy an ABC book, the one with the page about the rooster.

Second, you must sell the wagon and the oxen, turn them into money, and use it to buy yourself some clothes and whatever else you will need to practice your medicine.

Third and last, have a sign made that reads, I am Dr. Noel, and nail it above your door.

So Crabb did all the things the doctor told him to do.

Not long after, when he had doctored a few people but not many,

someone robbed a rich and powerful lord of quite a bit of money.

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