“I’ve fed you as a mother should,

“But you are stronger now

“And henceforth you must scratch for worms.”

Cried they: “Please show us how.”

She led them to the garden plot,

“Dig in your claws” said she,

“Just catch the dirt and push it back.

“It’s easy; don’t you see?”

“Ah yes,” they cried and went to work