THE EARLY BIRD AND THE WORM

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 20 May 1909, Page 38

THE EARLY BIRD AND THE WORM

The old man was lecturing his more or less wayward son on the evils of getting up late in the morning.

' Remember,' he said, ' that it was the early bird that caught the worm.'

'But how about the worm, dad?' queried the youth, who thought he had his sire up in the air. ' Where did his reward for getting up early come in ?'

'I am informed,' replied the old man, gravely, 'that the worm was on his way horne — hadn't been in bed at all.'

And there being nothing more to say, the young man said nothing.