# The early worm

Author: Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945; Held, John, Jr., 1889-1958 [Illustrator]; Williams, Gluyas, 1888-1982 [Illustrator]

Genre: American wit and humor

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78352

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+early+worm+Benchley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A search was immediately instituted which covered every square inch of the lawn and extended into the street--those things roll so. But when darkness came we were no nearer to finding it than we had been at the beginning, and it was necessary to telephone back into New York for an extra nut, which they said they would send out the first thing in the morning. It is now 4:17 in the afternoon and the man hasn’t come yet. We are very discouraged.

## Chapters

- [did. But one of the nuts was found over a nail on a boat that he was](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-early-worm-78352/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-early-worm-78352/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-early-worm-78352/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-early-worm-78352/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-early-worm-78352/chapters/3/index.md)