The Milkmaid and Her Pail

Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch

Join our optimistic heroine as she ventures into a world of opportunities with a pail of milk in hand.

With the sale of her milk the possibilities become endless,

Can she buy some eggs, hatch them into chickens?

Sell them for gold, and buy a fancy dress?

All so that she can find the perfect husband?

As she skips through meadows dreamily tossing her hair to the back, all her dreams go splat! Learning a lesson that echoes through time, Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

Rewritten for younger reader this timeless classic reminds us all that although it’s good and important to dream, one must also be realistic to the possible outcomes of one’s endeavors.