The lady bug iz the most genteel vermin in market.
They are spotted red and blak for color, are about the size ov a double
B shot, and don't look unlike a drop ov red sealing wax.
They hang around gardens in the spring ov the year, and are wuss, and
quicker, on kukumber vines, than a distrikt skoolmaster iz on a kittle
ov warm pork and beans.
The lady bug iz the pet ov little children, who ketch them in their
hands and then sing to them the old nursery rime:
"Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home,
Your house is on fire, and your children will roam."
Let them go, and sure enough the lady bug duz put for home in a grate
hurry.
The lady bug iz probably useful, but Webster's unabridged dont tell us
for what.
Whenever i cum akros enny bug, that i dont know what they waz built for,
i dont blame the bug.
I hav grate phaith in ennything that kreeps, krawls, or even wiggles,
and tho i haint been able tew satisfy miself all about the usefulness ov
bed bugs, musketoze, and striped snaix, i hav phaith that Divine
Providence did not make them in vain.
Phaith iz knolledge ov the highest order.