Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-03-21
Our Story p-TeIItr.
THE SEVEN LAZY BOYS.

EVERY one who lives in the old city OF
Bremen must certainly tie acquainted
With street which is called Law street.
Now pay close attention to what I am
going to ,av. and promise that you will
lerrn all the lesson you can- from the
story, and viii tell vou. before 7 finish.
how people came 10 call street in Bre-
men hy the name nf Levy street
Near where that street now stands
there was onrp deep forest The trees
we're old hut very strong and large just
on the edre Of the forest there lived an
aged couple who had seven sons. The
father was an Industrious man. cultivated
his field with care. attended to his own
COW and supported his whole family by
his own rxertjons, But it was very diff
feront with the seven sons. They had
long legs. broad backs, verv strong arms,
and well formed heads They were able
70 do great deal Of work and relieve
their father from al exartion, but they
preferred to do nothing at all.
BY and by everybody in Bremen
which was, in those distant times only a
small town-hecame acquainted with the
sons Of the old man, and many persons
made sport Of them. Even the boys in
the street would say. when one of them
passed, See there yonder goes one of
the lazy brothers !"
The river Weser ran close to the fields
or the aged father. Often his seven in
doIent sons would 90 down to the banks
and elepn many honrs at time. In the
course of few months the sailors found
them ont and when the boats passed you
could have heard Jack Tar. say. Look
under the tree there arc the seven law
hovs But the hig hovs did not like
such expressions and after hearing them
great many times they left the river
hank. and found their way into the dark
thick forest.
They thought that nobody would see
them now. So they laid down in the
thick moss. talked little while about
different useless things. and finally went
tn sleep. They kept up this hrbit long
time But when the autumn came. the
girls and boys went through the forest to
gather acCrns and chesnuts When they
saw the seven lazy sons--who were al
most grown mnn-they laughed at them.
and cried out, F." Here are the seven lazy
brothers whom everybody laughs at
The chesnuts fall right down on them.
hat they have not energy enough to brush
them off. or even hull them and eat
them" One would have Thought that
these lazy sons of a poor industrious
father, would be ashamed to let him do
all the work But they never offered to
do thing, and when they strolled off to
lie on the ground and sleep somewhere,
they never came hack until their good
mother has prepared their meal
One day the eldest Of the brothers said
to the others, Just think how every
body laughs at US. We cannot 90 any
where without even the children coming
up behind us and pulling our coats and
CRYING out what lazy fellows these
brothers are If every one was like
them nothing would be done" Even
school teachers. when they want to show
their scholars the evils of idleness, say
look how the seven lazy brothers live
never be idle, for yon might become as
bad as they are" Let US 90 to work
Let us do anything honorable than per-
nit our father to spend all his strength
for US"
All the remaining six brothers reused
up, rubbed their eyes, and laughed at
what the eldest had said. Finally he
won them over on his side, and it was
concluded unanimously that they should
leave home and seek livelihood in some
other part Of the country. At the din
ner table they told their father what con-
clusion they had come to. He laughed
at them and said, 8 You have been idle