NOVEMBER 8: The Moth Balls
“How funny moths are,” said the first Moth Ball. “When most creatures go to the country or the seashore in the summer the moths prefer to stay if they can, in great heavy coats and furs and tam-o’-shanters, and so forth.
“It is really most ridiculous. One would think they would prefer it where it was cool.”
“Still,” said the second Moth Ball, “we do not go to cool spots in the summer. We stay right in with the warm clothes.”
“That is so,” the first Moth Ball answered, “but we have our work to do. Our business keeps us in warm clothes in the summer-time, andyou’d think moths would stay away, when they can see there is no hospitality offered them.”
“Oh, well,” the second Moth Ball said, “I suppose there are some creatures who will never take hints and perhaps it is just as well.
“For if moths took hints there would be no need for moth balls.”
“True,” the first Moth Ball ended as it was shaken out of a heavy coat about to begin its second winter.