Be the best of whatever you are If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill, be crab in the valley--but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill; be a bush you can't be a tree
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass, and some highway happier make; if you can't be a muskie then just be a bass---but the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew, there's something for all of us here, there is big work to do, and there's lesser to do, and the task you must do is the near

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail, if you can't be the sun be a star, it isn't besides that you win or you fail---be the best of whatever you are!

1. what are the contrasting characters mention in the poem?
2. Based on the poem which one would you like to be? Why?
3.What does the poem once to convey to the readers?
4. What is the mood of the poem?
5. What the author purpose and writing the poem?