. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . is its idea of usefulness. We allhave such different ideas as to what is the reallynecessary thing to be done in life ! And some-times it seems as though the little coleps hadfigured it down as fine as the rest of us, whowork with all our might and exert all ourstrength in turning around in one spot andaccomplishing nothing of consequence. Per-haps to the eye of Omniscience we men andwomen, boys and girls, are only dusky littlebarrels, forever rolling, rolling—doing nothing*Possibly the busy coleps thinks its work ofimmense importance, and e
. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . is its idea of usefulness. We allhave such different ideas as to what is the reallynecessary thing to be done in life ! And some-times it seems as though the little coleps hadfigured it down as fine as the rest of us, whowork with all our might and exert all ourstrength in turning around in one spot andaccomplishing nothing of consequence. Per-haps to the eye of Omniscience we men andwomen, boys and girls, are only dusky littlebarrels, forever rolling, rolling—doing nothing*Possibly the busy coleps thinks its work ofimmense importance, and expects after a lifewell spent to receive the reward: Well done,thou good and faithful servant; thou hast beenfaithful in rolling, I will make thee Master ofHigh and Lofty Tumbling. 78 IN BROOK AND BAYOU. YIII. {Eiq:)lotes.) We have seen some little busy bodies rnn-ning along tlie stems of spirogyra, or the rootsof duckweed on the slide, smelling along likemice, and, like mice, halting suddenly, taking astep backward, as though in search of some-.
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