Synopsis
Once upon a time there was a little black girl, and her name was Little Black Mingo. She had no father and mother, so she had to live with a horrid cross old woman called Black Noggy, who used to scold her every day, and sometimes beat her with a stick, even though she had done nothing naughty. So Little Black Mingo took the chatty and ran down to the river as fast as she could, and began to fill it with water...