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But when she got back to Black Noggy, and told her how the Mugger had
broken the chatty, Black Noggy was fearfully angry. "You naughty girl,"
she said, "you have broken the chatty yourself, I have a good mind to
beat you." And if she had not been in such a hurry for the water she
_would_ have beaten her.
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Then she went and fetched the great big chatty that the dhobi used to
boil the clothes in. "Take this," said she, "and mind you don't break
it, or I _will_ beat you." "But I can't carry that when it is full
of water," said Little Black Mingo.
"You must go twice, and bring it half full each time," said Black Noggy.
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So Little Black Mingo took the dhobi's great big chatty, and started
again to go to the river. But first she went to a little bank above the
river, and peeped up and down, to see if she could see the old Mugger
anywhere. But she could not see him, for he was hiding under the very
bank she was standing on, and though his tail stuck out a little she
never saw him at all.
She would have liked to run home, but she was too much afraid that
Black Noggy would beat her.
So Little Black Mingo crept down to the river, and began to fill the big
chatty with water.
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