And the Dewdrop slid from the blade of gra.s.s, tumbled into the parched beak, and was eagerly swallowed.
"Ah--well, well!" pondered the Beetle as he continued his homeward way.
"I"ve been taught a lesson that I shall not easily forget. Yes, yes!
Simple worth is far better than rank or wealth without modesty and unselfishness--and there is no _true_ beauty where these virtues are absent!"
FOOTNOTES:
[38] By Rev. Albert E. Sims.