The Miraculous Pitcher by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"How much did the pitcher hold? " asked Sweet Fern.

"It did not hold quite a quart," answered the student; "but you might keep pouring milk out of it, till you should fill a hogshead, if you pleased. The truth is, it would run on forever, and not be dry even at midsummer, -- which is more than can be said of yonder rill, that goes babbling down the hillside."

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