The Lark And Her Young Ones
Aesop Fable: The Lark And Her Young Ones
A lark had made her nest in the early spring on the young
green wheat. The brood had almost grown to their full
strength and attained the use of their wings and the full
plumage of their feathers, when the owner of the field,
looking over his ripe crop, said, "The time has come when
I must ask all my neighbors to help me with my harvest."
One of the young Larks heard his speech and related it to
his mother, inquiring of her to what place they should move
for safety. "There is no occasion to move yet, my son," she
replied; "the man who only sends to his friends to help him
with his harvest is not really in earnest." The owner of the
field came again a few days later and saw the wheat shedding
the grain from excess of ripeness. He said, "I will come
myself tomorrow with my laborers, and with as many reapers
as I can hire, and will get in the harvest."
The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, "It is time now to
be off, my little ones, for the man is in earnest this time;
he no longer trusts his friends, but will reap the field himself."
Self-help is the best help.
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