It It seemed seemed as as though though Saint Saint Dunstan Dunstan was was like like to to answer answer his his prayer prayer , , for for along along the the road road came came plodding plodding a a certain certain cobbler , , one one Quince Quince , , of of Derby Derby , , who who had had been been to to take take a a pair pair of shoes shoes to to a a farmer farmer nigh nigh Kirk Kirk Langly Langly , and and was was now now coming coming back home home again again , , with with a a fair fair boiled boiled capon capon in in his his pouch pouch and and a a stout stout pottle pottle of of beer beer by by his his side side , , which which same same the the farmer farmer had given given him him for for joy joy of of such such a a stout stout pair pair of of shoon shoon . Good Quince was an honest fellow , but his wits were somewhat of the heavy sort , like unbaked dough , so that the only thing that was in his mind was , " Three shillings sixpence ha ' penny for thy shoon , good Quince -- three shillings sixpence ha ' penny for thy shoon , " and this traveled round and round inside of his head , without another thought getting into his noddle , as a pea rolls round and round inside an empty quart pot .
Казалось, святой Дунстан хотел ответить на его молитву, потому что по дороге тащился некий сапожник, некто Айва из Дерби, который должен был отвезти пару башмаков фермеру, живущему неподалеку от Кирка Лэнгли, и теперь возвращался домой с изрядным вареным каплуном в сумке и крепкой кружкой пива рядом с ним, которую фермер подарил ему на радость от такой крепкой пары башмаков. Добрый Айва был честным парнем, но его ум был несколько тяжеловат, как необжаренное тесто, так что единственное, что было у него на уме, было: "Три шиллинга шесть пенсов полпенни за твой шун, добрый Айва — три шиллинга шесть пенсов полпенни за твой шун", - и это крутилось и крутилось в его голове, без единой мысли в голове, как горошина катается по кругу в пустой квартовой кастрюле.
