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granddaddy-long-legs. This is a ridiculous look- 

 ing animal with a tiny round body like a small 

 dark seed, balanced on eight long, hairlike legs. 

 His legs are very useful to him, carrying him 

 along on great strides, although he cannot scurry 



Fig. 42. The harvestman 



SO fast as a spider. I found one afternoon that 

 he had another use for them as well. 



We were working down my shady little brook, 

 turning over stones and dipping into the pools 

 to see what we could find, when I saw under the 

 overhanging bank a large dark speck, dancing up 

 and down like a giant dust mote in a sunbeam. 

 As I waited, it waved to and fro more slowly 



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