So he thought for a long time, and then he said, "I must really give
it up. I cannot tell, for the life of me, why a man has two eyes. Do
you know?"

"Yes, sir," answered the boy.

"Then," said the doctor, after taking a dose of quinine to brace up
his nerves, for he remembered the fate of the schoolmaster, "then
please tell me why a man as two eyes.

"A man has two eyes, sir," returned Solomon, solemnly, "because he was
born that way."

And the doctor marvelled greatly at so much wisdom in a little child,
and made a note of it in his note-book.

Solomon was so full of wisdom that it flowed from his mouth in a
perfect stream, and every day he gave new evidence to his friends that
he could scarcely hold all the wise thoughts that came to him. For
instance, one day he said to his father,

"I perceive our dog has six legs."

"Oh, no!" replied his father, "our dog has only four legs."

"You are surely mistaken, sir," said Solomon, with the gravity that
comes from great wisdom, "these are our dog's fore legs, are they
not?" pointing to the front legs of the dog.

"Yes," answered his father.