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Updated: July 12, 2025
"Oh," replied Jenny Wren, "they were over here a while ago when those little green cankerworms threatened to eat up the whole orchard, and they stuffed themselves on those worms just the same as they are stuffing themselves on cherries now. They are very fond of small fruits but most of those they eat are the wild kind which are of no use at all to Farmer Brown or anybody else.
Up goes the arm; bang! tumbles out the flat roll and turns half a dozen somersets, as if for the fun of the thing; the six yards of calico hurry over the measuring nails, hunching their backs up, like six cankerworms; out jump the scissors; snip, clip, rip; the stuff is wisped up, brown papered, tied, labelled, delivered, and the man is himself again, like a child just come out of a convulsion-fit.
He was a Scotch divine; nor can it be denied that his Syon's Plea against the Prelacy contained, indeed, some bitter things against the bishops; he said they were of no use in God's house, and called them caterpillars, moths, and cankerworms.
"The cherry birds steal the cherries, and the sparrows eat the strawberries," said Susie. "You would soon find out how much the birds do if they should all fly away," said Uncle Robert. "The cankerworms would eat the leaves of the apple and other trees, and insects of all kinds would destroy the crops. The crow taxes the corn in payment for all the good he does.
Up goes the arm; bang! tumbles out the flat roll and turns half a dozen somersets, as if for the fun of the thing; the six yards of calico hurry over the measuring nails, hunching their backs up, like six cankerworms; out jump the scissors; snip, clip, rip; the stuff is wisped up, brown papered, tied, labelled, delivered, and the man is himself again, like a child just come out of a convulsion-fit.
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