, and get our harvest in."

     "Now," said the lark, when this she heard,

     "Our movement must not be deferr'd;

     For if the farmer and his son

     Themselves begin, 'twill soon be done."

     The morrow proved the lark was right;

     For all was cut and housed by night.

     Hence, while we wait for other's aid,

     Our business needs must be delay'd;

     Which might be done with half the labor

     'Twould take to go and call a neighbor.

      A philosopher

     , proud of his wit and his reason,

     Sat him under an oak in a hot summer season.

     On the oak grew an acorn or two, it is said:

     On the ground grew a pumpkin as big as his head.

     Thought the sage, "What's the reason this oak is so strong

     A few acorns to bear that are scarce an inch long;

     While this poor feeble plant has a weight to sustain,

     Which had much better hang on the tree, it is plain?"

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