Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26
READING FOR Il YOUNG.
n SILLY GROW.
tversifed from Esop's Fablea.l

y. The SILlY ShOW'
diversified from Esop's Fablesl
A CROW sat on the limb of a tkce,
Sing heigh-ho, the old black Grow,
On tho topmost bough's extremity, Y +
Hcish-ho, heigh-ho! -
But only her picket perch was bare,
For underneath, in the sweet, warm alr,
laustled the thick-hung leaves of oak
Witt hum of gossip and crack OF joke;
OF lightning flash and tempest blowing,
OF sights in wood, on river or hill,
And were never still-nay, never still.
"Heigh-ho. heigh-ho,"
Whistlcd the Crow.
She was tired of hearing all day long,
Sing hcigh-ho, tho jealous Grow,
The Dluc-biryl'S twitter, or the robins song,
Sing hcieh-ho, hcigh-ho!
She had nothing to do but sit and gaze
On either side through the airs blue haze;
To watch that no butternut-cOlOred lOut,
Strolling the farmers fields about,
Should chance too near that patch Of corn,
Where her friends had t1ocked since early
At the tender blades for the hidden grain,
T aearing and and s%poiiing.
To watch, and if mcddlcsome lad she saw,
Sing heigh-ho, the sentry Crow,
To call to them, shout to them, Cav, cav, cav
When up with flap and tecr and croak
The whole black family would fly
She yawned, she sighed: .The world is wide,
Yet here to a lonely twig I'm tied
a bird with II FURNISHED back like mine,
Whose every feather is lit to shine
~ run away
This very day!" :-xa
Sing heigh.ho, the vagran at crow soS'
Only TO leave that lonely spot,
Hcigh-hq. heigh-ho!
To skim like u swallow after a II:
To swim as Il haw swims, slow and high.
To bubble q song like Il bobOlink;
TO hop in a hedge like a chewink;
To hide a nest in Il sweet-bricr bush,
AS the thrush hides hers, the shy, brown
To DO a-what? She did not know,
But anything except a Crowl
And anywhere
10 live, but therc!
Like leaden plummet into the sea,
Sing heigl-ho, the hayward Crow,
Down she dropped from the sentinel tree,
Heigh-ho. heigh-ho!
And away she sailed. unhindered, alone,
Like Il dried leaf hither and thither bloWn:
Nor stopped. nor staid to rest, until
She ached with flying in every quill.
Then, seeing n spoke from a %cotter's fire
Pierce the blue air with its blucr Spire,
She circlcd toward it, half nloof,
And settled at last on the d~airy-roof.
Indeed" She cried,
'lno WOrlQ IS WiOG!'
Borne about her upon the breeze, ~
Sing heigh-ho, the hungry Grow,
WAS a sayory smell-thes smell Of cheese
The door was ajara tiny crack.
She crowded against it, pushed it back,
And crcpt inside the cool dark room
n was secured with sand and scrubbed
There were rows Of cheeses, and on a shelf
One cut; and She ,said:"Ill help myself.
Shed a right to everything she wanted.)
So she took of the cheese
A great fine piece.
How she escaped she scarcely knew,
Sing hcigh-ho, the thieving Grow
But away to n neighboring bough she few,
Heigh-ho, hcigh-ho!
A Fox from the wood saw everything,
How heavy her flight was, slow her wing,
ana he caught n Whit even where he stood
OF the stolen goody and thought 1t good.
So with careless air he sauntered out,
.Humming u light strain, gazing about,
Yrotting along as il no cunning
Willy purpose were in his running,
While the Crow from ller limb
Looked down at him.
"What stranger is this?" he suddenly cried, "
Sing heigh-ho, the beautiful Crow,
"such eyes; such feathers. such beak!" he
GOOD morning. lady! / saw from far
What a lovely Queen of the Wood you are,
Mnd FASTENED near at my swiftest pace
The closer to sean your glorious face.
Such snowy lumage such gloss of wing!
And: charming creature, no doubt you sing;
All, how would my eager earrcjoice
Could it hear tho MARBLE of your VOICE
But one sweet note
From that tuneful tLrOat!'
The Crows heart fluttered as she heard,
Sing heigh-ho, the poor vain Grow,
She believed in her heart each hOneyed word
Hcigh-ho, heigh-ho!