"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast."
"Dearie me," said Green Ribbon, "I never knew there was a text for us before."
*****
But Fairyland we now must leave—
The land of Robin's spell.
Adieu! Celeste, magic Queen:
We like thy teaching well.
CHAPTER VIII.
ROBIN'S BOOK.
When Robin went to school in a great city, he saw children trifling with their lessons, copying from the workers, and cheating their teachers. They succeeded for a time, but when the day of searching trial came, he saw them fail.
When Robin became a young man, he saw many who, carrying up the craft and ignorance of earlier days, were utterly broken down in the great business of the world. Impressed with the ruin that lies in shunning true and ennobling labor, he wrote a little book, and the title was—
"MEN THAT CHEAT THEMSELVES."