Don't Count Your Chickens Yet

Molly was a milkmaid whose job was to milk cows and sell milk. She used to daydream

about the things she would buy with the money that she did not have right now.

One day she was going to the market carrying her pail full of milk. As she was on her

way, she saw a chicken and started daydreaming about buying a chicken and selling her

eggs. She started to dream those other milkmaids would be very jealous of the things Molly

got from selling eggs and milk. And, then she spilt all the milk from the

pail in the excitement of her dream. She went back to her home with an empty pail and no

money with her. Her mother asked her the reason behind this incident. Molly told her the