`Ashillingaleg？’criedToad。`Ifyouplease，Imusttakealittletimetoworkthatout，andseejustwhatitcomesto。’
Heclimbeddownoffhishorse，andleftittograze，andsatdownbythegipsy，anddidsumsonhisfingers，andatlasthesaid，`Ashillingaleg？Why，thatcomestoexactlyfourshillings，andnomore。O，no；Icouldnotthinkofacceptingfourshillingsforthisbeautifulyounghorseofmine。’
`Well，’saidthegipsy，`I’lltellyouwhatIwilldo。I’llmakeitfiveshillings，andthat’sthree-and-sixpencemorethantheanimal’sworth。Andthat’smylastword。’
ThenToadsatandponderedlonganddeeply。Forhewashungryandquitepenniless，andstillsomeway——heknewnothowfar——
fromhome，andenemiesmightstillbelookingforhim。Tooneinsuchasituation，fiveshillingsmayverywellappearalargesumofmoney。Ontheotherhand，itdidnotseemverymuchtogetforahorse。Butthen，again，thehorsehadn’tcosthimanything；sowhateverhegotwasallclearprofit。Atlasthesaidfirmly，`Lookhere，gipsy！Itellyouwhatwewilldo；andthisisMYlastword。Youshallhandmeoversixshillingsandsixpence，cashdown；andfurther，inadditionthereto，youshallgivemeasmuchbreakfastasIcanpossiblyeat，atonesittingofcourse，outofthatironpotofyoursthatkeepssendingforthsuchdeliciousandexcitingsmells。Inreturn，I