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Good evening, children. It's Granny MacDuff, ready with a story. So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin.

Thank you. So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin. Once upon a time, there was a poor widow who had only a son named Jack,

and a cow, who they called Milky Moo.

All they had to survive on was the milk from the cow every morning they

would carry the milk to the market and sell it but one morning milky moo gave no milk and the woman and

her son did not know what to do how shall we live. Do not worry, mother. I will go and find work

somewhere, said Jack. You have tried that and no one would take you. We must sell Milky Moe and use

the money to start a shop or do something. It is the only choice we have. All right, Mother, I'll take her to the market and sell her.

And so Jack led the cow down the road toward the market.

They had not gone far at all

when a funny-looking old man passed them and said,

Good morning, Jack.

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