New Walks in Old Ways 



out for the heavy hoofs of those who 

 claim ownership of the walk. If they 

 had been, they would scarcely have 

 survived to warn their sisters, cousins 

 and uncles. So the whole unsuspecting 

 crowd runs round and round, and back 

 and forth, over the smooth, hard sur- 

 face — evidently placed there for their 

 comfort, pleasure and convenience — 

 all unconscious of threatened danger. 

 Flies, grasshoppers and crickets on 

 the walk will take to cover as you ap- 

 proach, but I find myself always 

 minding my step as I go over the walk 

 with Brobdingnagian boots. I don't 

 know why anyone should needlessly 

 set foot upon an ant — especially one 

 with a bale of hay in hand; so I often 

 have to shorten or lengthen my stride 

 to avoid cutting short some career quite 

 as important to that community doubt- 

 less as I can possibly be to my own. 



There are other interesting wood- 

 folk to be seen as you stroll along this 

 walk, and I have passed various idle 

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