Mr. Barlow's instruction. With this view he decided to propose to the
farmer to pay for the board and education of Harry that he might be a
constant companion to Tommy. Mr. Barlow, on being consulted, agreed to
take Tommy for some months under his care; but refused any monetary
recompense.

The day after Tommy went to Mr. Barlow's the clergyman took his two
pupils into the garden, and, taking a spade in his own hand, and giving
Harry a hoe, they both began to work. "Everybody that eats," he said,
"ought to assist in procuring food. This is my bed, and that is Harry's.
If, Tommy, you choose to join us, I will mark you out a piece of ground,
all the produce of which shall be your own."

"No, indeed," said Tommy; "I am a gentleman, and don't choose to slave
like a ploughboy."

"Just as you please, Mr. Gentleman," said Mr. Barlow. And Tommy, not
being asked to share the plate of ripe cherries with which Mr. Barlow
and Harry refreshed themselves after their labour, wandered
disconsolately about the garden, surprised and vexed to find himself in
a place where nobody felt any concern whether he was pleased or not.
Meanwhile, Harry, after a few words of advice from Mr. Barlow, read
aloud the story of "The Ants and the Flies," in which it is related how
the flies perished for lack of laying up provisions for the winter,
whereas the industrious ants, by working during the summer, provided for
their maintenance when the bad weather came.

Mr. Barlow and Harry then rambled into the fields, where Mr. Barlow
pointed out the several kinds of plants to be seen, and told his little
companion the name and nature of each. When they returned to dinner