"Right! And this other old man said:
"There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
"The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
"The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
"The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in kings' palaces."
"But that's not a story."
The guide shook his head. "You don't know a story, child, when you hear one. It began, 'Once upon a time,' didn't it?"
"Yes, sir; but please tell me another."
"Well, there are others in the Bible, my dear, about locusts and grasshoppers."