The more boys that help,the less work they do.
Their parents do not encourage the joining of forces.¨We have a proverb here:‘Two boys are half a boy,and three boys are no boy at all.’
Rural New England of the mid-nineteenth century,not commonly sophisticated in mathematics but witty enough about man's condition,used to [say]¨ ‘One boy helping,a pretty good boy; two boys,half a boy; three boys,no boy.’
I¨have been warned by my neighbours not to let him have any friends round.Because the more boys there are,the less work will get done.Apparently there is a country proverb that goes:‘One boy is a boy.Two boys are half a boy.And three boys are no boys at all.’