56 THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS, 



"But, Frank," said Johnny Webb, these caterpillars that 

 you dislike so much are not young butterflies any more 

 than eggs are young turkeys." 



" I don't believe they are, either, only the teacher said 

 they were the young of the butterfly, and I don't see any 

 other young butterflies ; for after they get their wings they 

 never grow any." 



"Mr. Benedict wants us all to meet in the grove at the 

 Den Rocks next Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock," 

 said Gilbert, "and we must make some arrangement about 

 what we shall take for our lunch, so that all may not bring 

 the same thing." 



" Yes, we must have everything right about the table," 

 said Ben Wait ; " we boys shall be hungry as bears." 



"We shall not want any table," said Jennie Graham. 

 " It will be nicer to spread the things on the Rock in 

 the shade of the great Oak-tree." 



" O, I did n't mean a wooden table," said Ben. " The 

 Rock will be best for the table and the seats too, but 

 the cakes and sandwiches are what I was thinking about." 



"Now, Ben," said Rose Merton, "you must leave all that 

 to us girls, and I promise that you won't go hungry." 



"Johnny, will Annie be well enough to go with us.'*" 

 asked one of the other girls. 



"I don't know," said Johnny. "Annie's foot is so lame 

 now that she cannot use it at all. But mother said, if it was 



