Tale Of A Little Brook

A little field, a babbling brook,

A little bent pin for a hook,

Will cause a boy to ‘hooky’ play,

And get his jacket tanned next day.

And this same brook some later day

Will take his common sense away;

He’ll leave his happy home for it

And fish and fish, and nothin’ git.

March 4, 1900

N. Sportsman, July ‘00