LESSON 26 THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES

THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES

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1. The next morning the farmer and his son came again to the field, but no friends were there to help him.

2. After waiting for some time, the farmer said to his son, "As our friends have not come, go and ask your uncles and cousins to come and help us, for our wheat is ready."

3. This the little birds heard, and told to the old one when she came home.

We must move at once! said the young larks, "or the men will come and kill us."

4. "Do not fear," said the mother, "we need not move yet. The man who waits for others to help him to do his work is not to be feared. But watch and listen when he comes again, and tell me all he says."

5. Next day the farmer came once more, but there were still no helpers. Then he said to his son, "My son, I see we shall have to cut the corn ourselves. So you and I will come at dawn of day and begin work. We will trust to no one else."

6. When the birds told this to their mother, she said, "Ah! now we must be off! The farmer no longer trusts others to do his work, but means to do it himself. It is sure to be done now."

7. By this time the little larks could fly; so the next day, when it was very early, they all left their nests and flew away to a new home.