So saying, the Judge rose. The verses were handed to the people of Schoolroom-shire, and the court was cleared.
SERJEANT PARSING’S VERSES.
The hen guards well her little chicks,
The useful cow is meek;
The beaver builds with mud and sticks,
The lapwing loves to squeak.
In Germany they hunt the boar,
The bee brings honey home;
The ant lays up a winter store,
The bear loves honeycomb.