“What!” it cried, “have you no principle? Are you a worm, to be stepped upon?
“Waste is wrong, no matter what you waste. Thrift is right and forever will be.
“Therefore, hie you to the heart of the forest as you have decided. You will at least have peace of mind, and surely that is worth as much as ‘plenty to eat and to wear’!”
HIS FIRST DAY IN THE FOREST
At last Father Thrift was in the heart of the forest.