Marieta, marieta, fugiu al vostre casal. Se us cala foc a la casa, i estan sols vostres infants. I ella emprengué el vol i se n'ana a veure-ho, cosa que no sorprengué al noi, perque sabia de qui-sap-lo temps que aquest insecte era credul quant a incendis, i ell havia posat a prova la seva simplicitat més d'una vegada.
A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children's alone," and she took wing and went off to see about it--which did not surprise the boy, for he knew of old that this insect was credulous about conflagrations, and he had practised upon its simplicity more than once.