One day when the Little Old Woman was weeding her soup garden,the pack peddler came along crying his wares."Any tacks,laces,nutmeg graters,mousetraps or buttons today?"he cried. The Little Old Woman shook her head."No,"she said."I have no money to spare.It is all I can do to make both ends meet." "Any hairpins,cooking pots,buttonhooks,needles or spices?"he cried. But the Little Old woman shook her head."No,"she said."Today is market day,and I must save my money to buy meat and bread for my supper." "How about a pair of magnifying spectacles?"asked the peddler. Magnifying spectacles!"exclaimed the Little Old Woman."And what may they be?" "They are a very useful kind of spectacles,"the peddler explained."when you wear them,everything looks twice as large as before."But what good and they?asked the little old woman,why should I want things to look twice as big as before? "That is easy to answer,"the peddler replied."the larger things are,the more plainly you can see them." "I never happened to think of that before,"said the Little Old Woman."What you say is very true." "Why not put the spectacles on,and see for yourself how large things look?"said the peddler. "Well,I suppose it would do no harm to try them on,"she said."But,mind you,I have no money to buy them." The peddler opened his pack and took out the magnifying spectacles.The Little Old Woman put them on and looked at her soup garden.She could hardly believe her eyes.The cabbages looked twice as big.The tomatoes looked twice as big.Everything in the garden looked twice as big as it had before. "How my vegetables have grown!" exclaimed the Little Old Woman."And how plainly I can see them!These are very fine spectacles indeed." "They are quite cheap,too,"said the peddler."If you should buy them,I am sure they would come in very handy." "That is just what I was thinking,"the Little Old Woman replied."I will fetch you some money from my china teapot."She hurried into the house and took some money from her china teapot to pay for the spectacles. After the peddler had gone,she said to herself:"I should like to look at the soup garden through these spectacles again.But frist I must go to the market and buy some bread and meat for my supper."
