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THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET

AND

THE FRUGAL ANT

There was an ant, a spinster ant,  Whose virtues were so many That she became intolerant  Of those who hadn't any: She had a small and frugal mind  And lived a life ascetic, Nor was her temperament the kind  That's known as sympathetic.
I skip details. Suffice to say  That, knocking at her wicket, There chanced to come one autumn day  A common garden cricket

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