THE LAMB AND HIS TWO ADVISERS.
A farm there was, with a poultry-yard,
Where roved an old bantam about;
And laid at his ease, a pig was barr'd
In a sty close by without.
A lamb moreover was raised up there;
We know it does so befall:
Together in farms these animals fare,
And in good company all.
"Well, with your leave," said the pig one day
To the lamb, "what a happy life!
And healthful too, to be sleeping away,
One's time without cares or strife!
"I say there is nothing, as I am a pig,
Like sleeping, stretch'd out at ease;
Let the world go round with its whirligig,
And cares just as it may please."
The other the contrary chanced to tell
The same little lamb, to take heed;
"Look, innocent! here, to live right well,
Sleep very little indeed.
