| Show 44 the true harbinger by walt mason most harbingers of spring are fakes the man de defending rending on them wakes to find they fooled him and he sees he has the grip or some disease lie ile sees some harbingers harb agers on deck and says the winter winters a gone by heck beck a soft wind from the south land blo vs and I 1 shall change my underclothes and put my overcoat in soak and dance and sing and laugh and joke and then a blizzard comes along and shows him where he got in wrong oh don t assume that spring is here when harbingers appear but wait until the clucking hen is fussing round the yard again intent on hatching hatch ng sun dry chicks into thia this world of po it cs ca and don t be fooled by pullets young which cluck around ere spring is sprung they re too impatient in the cause the fire of youth is in their craws but wait serenely till youve you ve heard the clack clucking ino of the wi wise 8 e old bird which has outlived the zeal of youth and long s nee cut her wis dom tooth when she gets busy when she begs for nest of straw an and d fou fousteen ou iteen eggs then gentle reader you may shed your underwear of flannel red for when the old hen playa plays her game we realize that tha spring has came j |
