Co. If the Light offends you when you are writing, it will serve for an Umbrella.
Pa. Ha, ha, ha! Have you any Thing more to say?
Co. In a Sea-fight it will serve for a Grappling-hook.
Pa. What will it serve for in a Land-fight?
Co. Instead of a Shield.
Pa. And what else?
Co. It will serve for a Wedge to cleave Wood withal.
Pa. Well said.
Co. If you act the Part of a Herald, it will be for a Trumpet; if you sound an Alarm, a Horn; if you dig, a Spade; if you reap, a Sickle; if you go to Sea, an Anchor; in the Kitchen it will serve for a Flesh-hook; and in Fishing a Fish-hook.
Pa. I am a happy Fellow indeed, I did not know I carry'd about me a Piece of Houshold Stuff that would serve for so many Uses.