THE ANT’S ANSWER.
Reading edition
Stop, stop, little miss, No such building as this, Will answer for me, As you plainly can see. I take very great pains, And place all the grains As if with a tool, By a carpenter’s rule. You have thrown the sand All out of your hand, And so filled up my door, That I can’t find it more. My king and my queen Are choked up within; My little ones too, Oh what shall I do? You have smothered them all With the sand you let fall; I must borrow, or beg, Or look for an egg, To keep under my eye, For help by-and-by. A new house I must raise, In a very few days, Nor stand here and pine, Because you’ve spoilt mine. For when winter days come, I shall mourn for my home; So stand out of my way, I have no time to play.
KIGGINS & KELLOGG, Publishers, Booksellers, & Stationers, 123 & 125 William St. Also Manufacturers of every description of ACCOUNT BOOKS, MEMORANDUMS and PASS BOOKS, a large stock of which is constantly kept on hand. Their assortment of SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, And of Foreign and Domestic STATIONERY, Is very complete, to the inspection of which they would invite Country Merchants before purchasing elsewhere. ALSO PUBLISH, REDFIELD’S TOY BOOKS, Four Series of Twelve Books each BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED, Price, One, Two, Four, and Six Cents.
