The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (2)

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (2)

Major-General-Field-Sergeant-Commander Billy Goat's Legs always looked out at the table under the looking-glass.

On the table stood a very pretty little Shepherdess made of china. Her shoes were gilt, and her dress had a red rose or an ornament.
She wore a hat, and carried a crook, that were both gilded. She looked very bright and pretty.



Close by her side stood a little Chimney Sweep. His clothes were  as black as coal, and he was also made of china.

He was, however, quite as clean and neat as any other china figure.
He only represented a black Chimney-Sweep, and the china workers might just as well have made him a prince, had they felt inclined to do so.

He stood holding his ladder quite handily, and his face was as fair and rosy as a girl’s.
Indeed, that was rather a mistake, it should have had some black marks on it.

He and the Shepherdess had been placed close together, side by side. And, being so placed close, they decided to become engaged to each other.

They were very well suited, as they both were made of the same sort of china, and were equally fragile.

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