When the merchant went aboard the ship, he said to the captain, "Here is
a great treasure. Guard it carefully."

The captain thought that the little Mill did not appear very wonderful,
but he placed it upon the deck of the ship. Then he ordered the sailors
to their posts of duty, and the ship sailed away.

When they were out at sea, the merchant said, "Captain, we need not go
any further upon our voyage. The Mill will grind out salt enough to fill
the hold of the ship."

So saying he cried,

"Grind, quickly grind, little Mill,
Grind SALT--with a right good will!"

And the Mill ground salt, and more salt, and still more salt. When the
hold of the ship was full of salt, the merchant cried, "Now you must
stop, little Mill."

But the little Mill did not stop. It kept on grinding salt, and more
salt, and still more salt.

The captain shouted, "We shall be lost! The ship will sink!"

One of the sailors called, "Ahoy, captain! Throw the Mill overboard."

So, heave ho! Heave ho! And overboard went the wonderful Mill, down to
the bottom of the deep sea.