Counting Chickens

Stories with the Counting Chickens theme:

• The Milkmaid and Her Pail Jul 21, 2025

  

  There once lived a young milkmaid named Patty who worked on her father’s dairy farm. Every morning, she would milk the cows and then carry the fresh milk to the village market to sell. It was simple work, but Patty was ambitious and always dreaming of ways to improve her situation.

  One beautiful spring morning, Patty filled her largest pail with the richest, creamiest milk from their best cow. As she balanced the heavy pail carefully on her head and began the long walk to market, her mind began to wander to thoughts of profit and possibility.