HOW TO GET A HOLIDAY-A WIFE'S EXAMPLE.

"IF YOU WOULD HAVE A FAITHFUL SERVANT, SERVE

MEN WHO HAVE CLIMBED THE LADDER OF FAME
THRIFTY MAXIMS FOR ALL TIME AND ALL AGES

66 TO CLIMB STEEP HILLS REQUIRES SLOW PACE AT FIRST
HOW TO RISE IN THE WORLD

READING BOOK.

THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT.

quer'lous, querulous, peevish,

discontented.

'tis, an abbreviation for "it is.” we'll, abbreviation for 66 will."

we

d'ye, abbreviation or short way
of writing "do you."
an't, meaning "and if it."
you'd, abbreviation for "you
had."

A GRASSHOPPER, whose sprightly song
Had lasted all the summer long,
At length, when wintry gales assail her,
Perceiv'd her old resources fail her.
No tiny worm or slender fly
Can now her ready food supply;
Of neighbour ant, in quer'lous strain,
She begs a little loan of grain,

And whilst her suit she thus preferred,
Engaged an honest insect's word
She would next *Lammas to the day
Both principal and interest pay.
The prudent, cautious ant, 'tis said,

Holds borrowing in a sort of dread,

And (from this charge we'll not defend her)

Abhors the very name of lender.

With importunity grown weary,

She checks it with this single query,

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Pray, neighbour, how d'ye spend your summer?"

"I charm, an't please you, every comer;

All thro' the season every day

I sing the merry hours away."

DLEIAN LIBRA

3 NOV85

RARY

OXFORD

HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY,

PRINTERS, LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

Dedicated, by Permission,

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY,

WHOSE

CONSISTENT AND VALUABLE ADVOCACY

OF THE PRINCIPLES INCULCATED IN THESE PAGES HAS

SERVED TO DIRECT THE ATTENTION OF ENGLISH

MEN AND WOMEN TO THE NATIONAL

IMPORTANCE

OF

THRIFT.

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