Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-13

legs again, and resumed her NAlk round the but
|aterfy's eggs, mumblingsa Bit Of the cabage-lea
now and then as she moved along.
- What time the lark has been gone 7" sh
cried at last. 81 wonder where heis just now
would give oil my legs to know! He mus
have fowen up higher than usual this time,
do think How should like to know where. it il
nous, blue sky! He always sings i'm going vi
and coming down, but be never ii secre
out. He ID very, very closet
And the green caterpillar took another tur1
round the butterfly y eggs.
At last the larkas voice began to be heart
again. The caterpillar almost Jumped for joy
and it was not long before she saw her frient
descending and lowering over the cabbage
bed
:. News, news glorious news, friend cater
pillar sui lark z but the worst Of it is
You won't e me T.
!. 6 | believe Aserything I am told" observed
the caterpillar hastily.
'sWell then, first Of all, will tell you wha
these little cEsetpresl TO eat, and the larl
nodded his bS "A the eggs. ssWhst dc
you think iii less %
Due, an1he honey out Of flowers, I am
afraid, said she caterpillar.
No such thing, old lady Something simp
Ter than that. semethieg that you can get al
quite it, easily"
bage-leaves," murmured the caterpillar in dis
tress.ss *4ss
excellent! my good friend, z cried the lark
exultingly sesyou have found Il out. You are
10 feed them with cabbage-Ieaves."
Ks !" NeDer e. said the caterpillar Indignantly II
was theirs dying mothers last request that
should do no sE,Ich fhinu - s5F
Their dying mother knew nothing about the
NATTER persisted the lark but why do you ask
me, and then disbelieve what say? You IRE
neither faith nor trust"
'sOh! believe everything am told,' said
the caterpillar.
s'Nay, but you do not" replied the lark.
!" You wont even believe me about the food, and
yet that is but a beginning of what | have to
tell you. Why, caterpillar, what do you think
those little eggs will turn out to be
Butterflies, to be sure,' said the caterpil-
lar.
CaterpiAars," sung the lark, sand you'll
find it out in time, !" and the lark flew away, for
he did not want to stay and contest the point
with his friend.
81 thought the lark had been wise and kind, .
the mild green caterpillar, once more
to walk round the eggs, but I find
that he is foolish and saucy instead. Perhaps
he went up too high this time. And it's pity
when people who soar 50 high are silly and rude,
nevertheless! Dear! / still wonder whom he
sees, and what he does up yonder."
II would tell you, if you would believe me"
sung the lark, descending once more.
&c believe everything l am told" reiterated
the caterpillar with as grave face as if it were
a fact.
"Then I'll tell you something else," cried the
lark; 1for the best of my news remains be-
hind. You ciU one day be a butterfly yourself."
''Wretched bird !" exclaimed the caterpillar,
g you jest with my inferiority-now you are
cruel as well as foolish. Go away! I will ask
your advice no more" I'LL .s ~.
81 l told you you would not believe me- cried
The lark, nettled in his turn
6 / believe everything that / am told" per-
sisted the caterpillar q that is''-and she he's
tated-" everything that is reasonable to be-
ieve. But to tell me that Butterflies eggs are
and that catapillars leave off craw-
ing and get wings, and become butterflies =
Lark! you are too wise to believe such nom
ense yourself, for you know it is impossiblev'
81 know no such thing said the lark warm
y. $ Whether hover over the corn-fields of
'arth, or 60 up into the depths of the sky, see
% many wonderful things, know no reason
vhy there should not be more. Oh, caterpillar;
t is because you crawl, because you never get
,eyond your cabbage-leaf, that you call any-
hing impossible
sNonsense!' shouted the caterpillar, . I
now what's possible and what's not possible,
ccording to my experience and capacity, as
veil as you do. Look at my long green body
nd these endless legs, and then talk to me
bout having wings anda painted feathery coat
ES, III = E
And fool you! you would-be-wise caterpil-
sr, cried the indignant lark. "Fool, to at
empt to reason about what you cannot under
tand. Do you not hear how my songs swells
nth rejoicing as soar upwards to the myste-
ious wonder-world above? Oh, caterpillar |
Fhat comes to you from thence, receive as do
lpon trust"
That is what you CALI s.ss$
!" Faith, interrupted the lark.
How am to learn faith :" asked the cater
illar.
AZ that moment she felt something at her
de. She looked round-eight or ten little
reen caterpillars were moving about, and had
ready made q show Of i hole In the cabbage
af: They had broken from the butterfy's
rgs!
Shame and ama1ement filed our green friends |
eart, but JOY soon followed; for, as the first
onder was possible, the second might be 50,
o. Teach me your lesson, lark r. she would |
"; md the lark sung to her Of the wonders
the earth below, and Of the heaven above. |
nd the caterpillar talked III the rest Of her /
% to her relations Of the time when she should /
} butterfly. a.
But none Of them believed her. She never
eless had learnt the lark's lesson of faith, and |
hen she was going into her chrysalis grave, she /
id-tsI shall be q butterfly some day.
But her relations thought her head was wan
ring, and they said, .sPoor thing p
And when she was butterfly, and was going t
die again, she said
II have known many wonders-I have faith
can trust even now for what shall come
xt!''
u Alittle girl, walking one day in the
aveyard with her mother, reading one
Ter another, the praises Of those that slept
meath, said, / wonder where they bury
e sinners. y
u They have, got pig in Ohio so
oroughly educated, that he has taken 10 f
asic. They regulate bis time BY twisting
iail-the greater the twist, the higher