THE WEAVER AND THE WORM

James Thurber (1894-1961) journalist and artist wrote:

“A weaver watched in wide-eyed wonder a silkworm spinning its cocoon in a white mulberry tree.

“Where do you get that stuff?” asked the admiring weaver.

“Do you want to make something out of it?” inquired the silkworm, eagerly.

Then the weaver and the silkworm went their separate ways, for each thought the other had insulted him. We live, man and worm, in a time when almost everything can mean almost anything, for this is the age of gobbledygook, doubletalk, and gudda (fool or foolishness).

MORAL: A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn’t make any sense.”

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” Jesus