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" Will you ? " said Peter . Just then another man of Gotham came from the market with a sack of meal on his horse . He heard his neighbors quarreling about sheep ; but he could see no sheep between them , and so he stopped and spoke to them . " Ah , you foolish fellows ! " he cried . " It is strange that you will never learn wisdom . — Come here , Peter , and help me lay my sack on my shoulder . " Peter did so , and the man carried his meal to the side of the bridge . " Now look at me , " he said , " and learn a lesson . " And he opened the mouth of the sack , and poured all the meal into the river . " Now , neighbors , " he said , " can you tell how much meal is in my sack ? " " There is none at all ! " cried Hodge and Peter together . " You are right , " said the man ; " and you that stand here and quarrel about nothing , have no more sense in your heads than I have meal in my sack ! " OTHER WISE MEN OF GOTHAM . One day , news was brought to Gotham that the king was coming that way , and that he would pass through the town . This did not please the men of Gotham at all . They hated the king , for they knew that he was a cruel , bad man . If he came to their town , they would have to find food and lodging for him and his men ; and if he saw anything that pleased him , he would be sure to take it for his own . What should they do ? They met together to talk the matter over . " Let us chop down the big trees in the woods , so that they will block up all the roads that lead into the town , " said one of the wise men . " Good ! " said all the rest . So they went out with their axes , and soon all the roads and paths to the town were filled with logs and brush . The king's horsemen would have a hard time of it getting into Gotham . They would either have to make a new road , or give up the plan altogether , and go on to some other place . When the king came , and saw that the road had been blocked up , he was very angry . " Who chopped those trees down in my way ? " he asked of two country lads that were passing by . " The men of Gotham , " said the lads . " Well , " said the king , " go and tell the men of Gotham that I shall send my sheriff into their town , and have all their noses cut off . " The two lads ran to the town as fast as they could , and made known what the king had said . Everybody was in great fright . The men ran from house to house , carrying the news , and asking one another what they should do . " Our wits have kept the king out of the town , " said one ; " and so now our wits must save our noses . " " True , true ! " said the others . " But what shall we do ? "
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