In Mother Goose's story of bringing home the bacon, the cat, as soon as it got its saucer of milk, began to kill the rat, which began to gnaw the rope, which began to hang the butcher, who began to kill the ox, which began to drink the water, which began to quench the fire, which began to burn the stick, which began to beat the dog, which began to bite the little pig—which then in fright jumped over the stile so that the old woman brought it home from market that night after all.
It was not possible to bring...
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