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Speaker 1: in our show notes. Thank you, mister Vinegar. Mister and Missus.

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Speaker 2: Vinegar lived in a vinegar bottle now.

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Speaker 1: One day, when mister Vinegar was away from home, Missus Vinegar,

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Speaker 1: who was a very good housewife, was busy sweeping her

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Speaker 1: house when an unlucky thump of the broom brought the

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Speaker 1: whole house clitter clatter, glitter clatter down around her. In

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Speaker 1: a fit of sadness, she rushed out to meet her husband.

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Speaker 1: When she saw him, she exclaimed, oh, mister Vinegar, mister Vinegar,

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Speaker 1: we are ruined. I have knocked the house down and

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Speaker 1: it is all in pieces. Vinegar then said, my dear,

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Speaker 1: let us see what can be done.

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Speaker 2: Here is the door.

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Speaker 1: I will take it on my back and we will

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Speaker 1: go out to seek our fortune. They walked all that

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Speaker 1: day and at night entered a thick forest They were

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Speaker 1: both very, very tired, and mister Vinegar said, I will

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Speaker 1: climb up into this tree, drag up the door, and.

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Speaker 2: You can follow. He did, and they both.

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Speaker 1: Stretched their weary limbs on the door and fell fast asleep.

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Speaker 1: In the middle of the night, mister Vinegar was woken

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Speaker 1: up by the sound of voices underneath, and to his

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Speaker 1: shock and surprise, he found that it was a band

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Speaker 1: of thieves meeting to divide up their money. Here, Jack

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Speaker 1: said one, here's five pounds for you. Here, Built, there's

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Speaker 1: ten pounds for you. Here, Bob, here's three pounds for you.

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Speaker 1: Mister Vinegar could no longer listen. His fear was so

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Speaker 1: great that.

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Speaker 2: He trembled and trembled and shook.

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Speaker 1: So badly that the door fell down near the thieves

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Speaker 1: away they scampered, but mister Vinegar didn't dare to leave

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Speaker 1: the tree until broad daylight. Rambled out of the tree

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Speaker 1: and went to lift up the door. And what did

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Speaker 1: he see but a number of golden coins. Come down.

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Speaker 2: Missus Vinegar, he cried, come down.

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Speaker 1: Our fortunes made, our fortunes made, come down. Missus Vinegar

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Speaker 1: got down as fast as she could, and when she

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Speaker 1: saw the money, she jumped for joy. Now, my dear,

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Speaker 1: she said, I'll tell you what you should do. There

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Speaker 1: is a fair at the neighboring town. You should take

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Speaker 1: these forty guineas.

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Speaker 2: And buy a cow.

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Speaker 1: I can make butter and cheese, which you can sell

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Speaker 1: at the market, and then we shall be able to

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Speaker 1: live very comfortably. Mister Vinegar agreed, took the money, and

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Speaker 1: off he went to the fair. When he arrived, he

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Speaker 1: walked up and down, and at length saw a beautiful

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Speaker 1: red cow. It was an excellent milker and perfect in

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Speaker 1: every way. Oh, thought mister Vinegar. If I had that cow,

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Speaker 1: I would be the happiest man alive. So he offered

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Speaker 1: the forty guineas for the cow, and the owner said

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Speaker 1: that as he was a friend, he would be happy

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Speaker 1: to sell the cow to him. So the bargain was made,

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Speaker 1: and he got the cow and drove it backwards and

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Speaker 1: forwards to show it by and bye. He saw a

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Speaker 1: man playing the bagpipes. The children followed him around, and

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Speaker 1: he seemed to be making money everywhere he went. Well,

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Speaker 1: thought mister Vinegar, if I had that beautiful instrument, I

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Speaker 1: would be the happiest man alive. My fortune would be

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Speaker 1: made so he went up to the man. Friend, he said,

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Speaker 1: what a beautiful instrument that is, and what a lot

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Speaker 1: of money you must make. Why, yes, said the man,

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Speaker 1: I make a great deal of money, to be sure.

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Speaker 1: And it is a wonderful instrument. Oh, cried mister Vinegar.

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Speaker 1: How I should like to have it? Well, said the man,

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Speaker 1: as you are a friend, I don't much mind parting

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Speaker 1: with it. You shall have it for that cow. Done,

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Speaker 1: said the delighted mister Vinegar. So the beautiful red cow

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Speaker 1: was given for the bagpipes. He walked up and down

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Speaker 1: with his purchase, but when he tried to play a tune,

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Speaker 1: instead of making money, the boys simply followed him, hooting

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Speaker 1: and laughing. Poor mister Vinegar, his fingers grew very cold,

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Speaker 1: and just as he was leaving the town, he met

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Speaker 1: a man with a fine, thick pair of gloves. Oh,

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Speaker 1: my fingers are so very cold, said mister Vinegar to himself.

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Speaker 1: Now if I had those beautiful gloves, I would be

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Speaker 1: the happiest man alive. He went up to the man

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Speaker 1: and said to him, friend, you seem to have a

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Speaker 1: wonderful pair of gloves. There. Yes they are, said the man,

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Speaker 1: and my hands are as warm as possible this cold

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Speaker 1: November day, Well, said mister Vinegar.

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Speaker 2: I should like to have them. What will you give me?

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Speaker 2: Said the man.

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Speaker 1: As you are a friend, I don't much mind letting

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Speaker 1: you have them. For those bagpipes, done, cried mister Vinegar.

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Speaker 1: He put on the gloves, and he felt perfectly happy

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Speaker 1: as he trudged homewards. At last, he grew very tired

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Speaker 1: when he saw a man coming towards him with a good,

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Speaker 1: strong stick in his hand. Oh, said mister Vinegar. If

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Speaker 1: I only had that stick, I would be the happiest

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Speaker 1: man alive.

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Speaker 2: He said to the man. Friend. What a rare good

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Speaker 2: stick you have? Yees, said the man.

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Speaker 1: I have used it for many a long mile, and

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Speaker 1: a good friend it has been. But if you would

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Speaker 1: like it, as you are a friend, I don't mind

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Speaker 1: giving it to you. For that pair of gloves. Mister

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Speaker 1: Vinegar's hands were so warm, and his legs so tired,

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Speaker 1: that he gladly made the trade. As he drew near

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Speaker 1: to the woods where he had left his wife, he

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Speaker 1: heard a parrot on a tree calling out his name.

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Speaker 1: Mister Vinegar, you silly man, you went to the fair

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Speaker 1: and paid all your money to buy a cow. Not

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Speaker 1: happy with that, you changed it for bagpipes that you

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Speaker 1: could not even play, and which were not worth one

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Speaker 1: tenth of your money. Then no sooner had you gotten

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Speaker 1: the bagpipes than you changed them for the gloves, which

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Speaker 1: were not worth one quarter of the money.

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Speaker 2: And when you had the.

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Speaker 1: Gloves, you changed them for a miserable stick.

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Speaker 2: And now you're.

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Speaker 1: Forty guineas cow bagpipes and gloves. You have nothing to

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Speaker 1: show but.

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Speaker 2: That poor miserable.

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Speaker 1: Stick, which you might as well cut it by yourself.

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Speaker 1: Saying this, the bird laughed and laughed, and mister Vinegar,

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Speaker 1: getting angry, threw the.

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Speaker 2: Stick at the bird.

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Speaker 1: The stick got stuck in the tree, and so mister

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Speaker 1: Vinegar returned to his wife without money, cow bagpipes, gloves,

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Speaker 1: or stick, and she gave him such a scolding that

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Speaker 1: he promised never to do it again.