There was once upon a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove withtwo oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for twotalers. When the money was being counted out to him, it so happenedthat the doctor was sitting at table, and when the peasant saw how wellhe ate and drank, his heart desired what he saw, and would willinglyhave been a doctor too.
So he remained standing a while, and at lengthinquired if he too could not be a doctor. «Oh, yes,» said thedoctor, «that is soon managed.» «What must I do?» asked the peasant.«In the first place buy yourself an A B C book of the kind which hasa cock on the frontispiece; in the second, turn your cart and yourtwo oxen into money, and get yourself some clothes, and whatsoeverelse pertains to medicine; thirdly, have a sign painted for yourselfwith the words: “I am Doctor Knowall,” and have that nailed up aboveyour house-door.»
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