Mark Twain: "Seekor kutu betina berbintik-bintik coklat memanjat kepal...

"Seekor kutu betina berbintik-bintik coklat memanjat kepala pisau rumput yang pusing, dan Tom membungkuk di dekatnya dan berkata, "Nyonya-serangga, nyonya-serangga, terbang pulang, rumahmu terbakar, anak-anakmu sendirian," dan dia mengambil sayap dan pergi untuk melihatnya - yang tidak mengejutkan anak itu, karena dia tahu dari dulu bahwa serangga ini dipercaya tentang kebakaran, dan dia telah mempraktikkan kesederhanaannya lebih dari satu kali."

--- Mark Twain

Versi Bahasa Inggris

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.