life, and the doctors said she would never speak till somebody made
her laugh. This young lady happened to be looking out of the window
when Jack was passing with the donkey on his shoulders, with the legs
sticking up in the air, and the sight was so comical and strange that
she burst out into a great fit of laughter, and immediately recovered
her speech and hearing. Her father was overjoyed, and fulfilled his
promise by marrying her to Lazy Jack, who was thus made a rich
gentleman. They lived in a large house, and Jack's mother lived with
them in great happiness until she died.



JOHNNY-CAKE

Once upon a time there was an old man, and an old woman, and a little
boy. One morning the old woman made a Johnny-cake, and put it in the
oven to bake. "You watch the Johnny-cake while your father and I go
out to work in the garden." So the old man and the old woman went out
and began to hoe potatoes, and left the little boy to tend the oven.
But he didn't watch it all the time, and all of a sudden he heard a
noise, and he looked up and the oven door popped open, and out of the
oven jumped Johnny-cake, and went rolling along end over end, towards
the open door of the house. The little boy ran to shut the door, but
Johnny-cake was too quick for him and rolled through the door, down
the steps, and out into the road long before the little boy could
catch him. The little boy ran after him as fast as he could clip it,
crying out to his father and mother, who heard the uproar, and threw
down their hoes and gave chase too. But Johnny-cake outran all three a
long way, and was soon out of sight, while they had to sit down, all
out of breath, on a bank to rest.