ABSTRACT

Well one time there was a ol' king anyway have three sons _ by the name Jack, Tom an' Bill. Well when they got growed up men they said to go seek for the Flower o' the World.

Well...Bill said he'd go an1 seek for the Flower o' the World, well th* ol* king he fit un out with a new schooner, cert[ainly] the best to eat an' drink. He sailed away so far as he could stay on his schooner an' he got out an' walked. Anyway he come to a halfway house. Well he aks th' ol' man for a boardin house.