It won't come to you; you must go to it.

When you're put out into the wide world, and have no company and no acquaintance, why, what are you to do?
Suppose, now, when your wagon mired down, I had not come to your help, and cut out your wood, and put in the spoke, wouldn't you have had to do it yourself ?" "Yes--to be sure; but then I couldn't have done it in a day.

I an't handy at these things." "Well, that was jest the way with me when I was a boy.

I had nobody to help me out of the mud--nobody to splice my spokes, or assist me any how, and so I larned to do it myself.

And now, would you think it, I'm sometimes glad of a little turn-over, or an accident, jest that I may keep my hand in and not forget to be able to help myself or my neighbors." "Well, you're a cur'ous person, and I'd like to hear something more about you.