hard working villagers grew high atop poor Farmer Jones. So high, in fact, that they rose above the roof of the barn.

On top of Farmer Jones were the baker, the mayor, the alderman, farriers, fishermen, maids, the librarian, farmers, captains, first mates, shopkeepers, bankers, bartenders, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wilson's wife, Mr. Wilson's children, Mr. Wilson's dog, Spike, teachers, students, Mary Walker, bricklayers, masons, Sandra Watson, the spinster Miss Mills, carriage men and many others.

The pyramid stood a hundred feet high.

Then the very last person left in the village climbed the mountain of people. Little Virginia Williams stepped over arms and legs all the way to the top of the people pyramid, where she sat on Mr. Lampkin's shoulder, placed her hands on top of his bald head, and then, everything went very quiet. No one made a sound.

Down at the very bottom of the pile, Dr. Mandroot shouted up to little Virginia, "Can you feel anything, Virginia?"

It was a very quiet moment, and then Virginia yelled out, "He's still moving."

Everyone groaned and slowly climbed down one another, and returned to the village.

"I don't understand," said the good doctor. "It worked on the horse. " Mrs. Jones, if he can't be cured, I can only suggest that you use his disease to your advantage."

So later that night, Dr. Mandroot helped Mrs. Jones hook four butter churns to Farmer Jones while he lay in bed. The churns were tied to his arms and legs, and as Farmer Jones tossed and turned and fussed and bothered and rolled and bounced, he also churned butter. He churned so much butter the pretty waxed cows had trouble supplying enough milk.

Mrs. Jones was thrilled. She sold every bit of butter in the market and the Jones family became very wealthy. But Farmer Jones was bored. His farming work all finished, and tubs and tubs of butter churned, he decided to buy a boat and work as a fisherman, because he just couldn't stay still.

He was a great fisherman! He caught more fish than all the other captains. He'd cast his pole and catch fish after fish. When he caught one fish, he'd bait another hook and catch more fish.

He caught codfish, catfish, redfish, grouper, pike, carp, dogfish, blowfish, angelfish, mahi-mahi, shrimp, Lobster, starfish, guppies, dolphins, tuna, shark, surgeonfish, snapper, goatfish, triggerfish, butterfly fish, parrotfish and even the Hawaiian fish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa.

Farmer Jones sold all his fish, and gave the money to his wife, making them

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