Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 07

<h2>FABLE</h2> <h3>BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The mountain and the squirrel<br/></span> <span class="i2">Had a quarrel,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the former called the latter "Little Prig";<br/></span> <span class="i0">Bun replied,<br/></span> <span class="i0">"You are doubtless very big;<br/></span> <span class="i0">But all sorts of things and weather<br/></span> <span class="i0">Must be taken in together,<br/></span> <span class="i0">To make up a year<br/></span> <span class="i0">And a sphere,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And I think it no disgrace<br/></span> <span class="i0">To occupy my place.<br/></span> <span class="i0">If I'm not so large as you,<br/></span> <span class="i0">You are not so small as I,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And not half so spry.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I'll not deny you make<br/></span> <span class="i0">A very pretty squirrel track;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;<br/></span> <span class="i0">If I can not carry forests on my back,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Neither can you crack a nut."<br/></span> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_1359" id="Page_1359"></SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />