The Miscalculation Of Servants: A Tale Of Early Morning

A Widow, thrifty and industrious, had two servants whom she kept pretty hard at work. They were not allowed to sleep late at the early  as the  old lady force them to wake up as soon as the cock crew. They disliked it to  get up at such an hour, especially in winter time: and they thought that if it not for the cock waking up their Mistress so horribly early, they could sleep longer. So they caught it and wrung his neck. But they were not prepared for the consequences. For what happened was that their Mistress, not hearing the cock crow as usual, waked them up earlier than ever, and set them to work in the middle of the night.