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Show IN PRAISE OF INDOLENCE. Ezra Fox .Leads Up His Voice In Fer. vent Pn .er. "It nover pays to rustlo much," said Lazy Ezra Fox, a slttln' round tho corner on an empty cracker box. "I don't ' bellovo In stlrrln' up a lot o" noise nt all, fer often too much energy 'Jl bring about a fall. Now, there's the flea his energy Jlst gits him scratched to death. Tho hen that works too hard for worms Is first to loso her breath. Tho pig thet fights the hardest fer the corn throwed In tho sty Is first to fatten, first to. sell an' first of all to die. The horse 'that tries to do It all soon works hlsself to bones. The dog thet does tno bnrlcln' Is the one that gits the stones. No, sir, this workln' hard ain't right. I don't keor what they say. An hour er two of work's enough say, ev'ry other day." And then he' tilted 'gainst the wall his emptycracker box an' soon was snorln' reg'lar like ole Lazy Ezra Fox. The Pilgrim. |