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And that no neighbour came was very true; But her returning wings the Larklings knew, And quivering round her, told, their landlord said, "Why, John! the reaping must not be delay'd, "By peep of day to-morrow we'll begin, "Since now so many of our kin "Have promis'd us their help to set about it." "Still," quoth the bird, "I doubt it; "The corn will stand to-morrow." So it prov'd; The morning's dawn arriv'd—but never saw Or uncle, cousin, brother, or brother-in-law; And not a reap-hook mov'd! Then to his son the angry farmer cried, "Some folks are little known 'till they are tried; "Who would have thought we had so few well-wishers! "What! neither neighbour Dawes, nor cousin Fishers,