All the day!"
'Presently the gnat came across something large and high, surmounted by a sharp-pointed deep-green dunce's cap. It was a fir-tree with resin oozing out.
'The gnat thought: "This is more in my line; this will suit my appetite; I will begin at this yellow spot."
'It flew towards the resin, and, settling down, drove its proboscis into it. Oh, wonder! It was bitter and sticky. The gnat after a great effort dragged its proboscis out, and then tried to free its legs. It tugged and tugged, and managed to free five, but could not succeed with the sixth.
'The gnat got angry. "Let go," he called to the fir-tree; "I know a trick worth two of that." But the fir-tree held the leg tight. The gnat got still angrier; dashed about until its leg came off, and then flew away with only five legs; the sixth had remained in the resin. It flew on, and again blew its own trumpets—
' "Fi-fo-fum!
Here I come!
I will slay
I will feast