He was forced to hear a lecture from the other, then and there;
And, greatly to the credit of the silly little bird,
He changed his manner afterward and heeded every word.
“My name is Cock-a-doodle Small,” he meekly learned to say,
He minded his own business, nor got in others’ way.
So in our world we sometimes find Grandissimos, and all
Would do well to recall the fate of Cock-a-doodle Small.
THERE is a young man with a cane,