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Updated: May 13, 2025
The Pitcher-man wiped his eyes and then went on: "As I said, the tail of the fish hit the pie where the mouse was eating. That, of course, scared him and he jumped out. "He landed right on Puss's head and that scared her so she tumbled off the shelf, the fish on top of her. "Puss never knew what happened.
"He ran under the crust and began to nibble and, of course, did not see Puss; but when she reached the fish she gave it a pull and the tail hit the pie. "Oh dear! when I think of it I just have to laugh," and Pitcher-man again held his sides while he almost burst with laughing. "Oh, do tell us what happened!" asked the dishes, so interested they could hardly wait to hear the end of the story.
"But I knew what was the matter, and every time I think about it all I just have to laugh. Ha! ha! ha!" And that is the reason little Pitcher-man is always laughing. He cannot stop, for he always is thinking about what he saw many years ago one moonlight night in the pantry.
"I do not know," replied the other dish, "but he never does anything but laugh. I have never thought to ask why." So the new dish waited until it was all quiet in the pantry at night, and then it asked the Pitcher-man why he laughed all the time. "Oh dear! I have to laugh every time I think of it," answered the Pitcher-man.
But the face under the cap was what everyone noticed most; it was always laughing. Oh, I forgot to say that his hands held on to his sides as if he feared he would burst with laughing so hard. One day there came to the pantry to live a new dish, and when it saw the Pitcher-man it asked another dish standing by why the Pitcher-man was always laughing.
He decided the ground floor was the safest for him, after all, and when he was once again settled he gave a feast, and this time Mr. Dog was not there. On a pantry shelf there once lived a funny squatty-looking pitcher-man. His cap was brown and that was the top of the pitcher. His coat was yellow and his vest green. He was round and fat, as well as squatty, and his legs were short.
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