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'Run out, Buttercup, there's a dear! said the old wife, 'and see what Goldtooth is barking at. So the boy ran out, and came back crying out: 'Oh, Heaven help us! here comes a great big witch, with her head under her arm, and a bag at her back. 'Jump under the kneading-trough and hide yourself', said his mother. So in came the old hag! 'Good day', said she!
Still he, too, in popular superstition, is gifted with a sense of the supernatural; he howls when death impends, and in 'Buttercup', No. xviii, it is Goldtooth, their dog, who warns Buttercup and his mother of the approach of the old hag.
Once on a time there was an old wife who sat and baked. Now, you must know that this old wife had a little son, who was so plump and fat, and so fond of good things, that they called him Buttercup; she had a dog, too, whose name was Goldtooth, and as she was baking, all at once Goldtooth began to bark.
Next day the old wife sat and baked again, and her dog began to bark just as he did the day before. 'Run out, Buttercup, my boy', said she, 'and see what Goldtooth is barking at. 'Well, I never! cried Buttercup, as soon as he got out; 'if there isn't that ugly old beast coming again with her head under her arm, and a great sack at her back.
Then the old hag was in a dreadful rage, and said, 'If he makes himself ever so heavy next time, he shan't take me in again. The third day everything went just as it had gone twice before; Goldtooth began to bark, and Buttercup's mother said to him: 'Do run out and see what our dog is barking at. So out he went, but he soon came back crying out: 'Heaven save us!
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