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caterpillars, and many butterflies, among which were the monarch, mourn- 

 ing cloak, painted lady, painted beauty, and viceroy. Then there was 

 the little bat that hung himself upside down on the wire screening, and a 

 Caroline box turtle that had to be banished from the terrarium because 

 he insisted on eating up so many of his small associates. 



The floor of this terrarium was covered with stones, gravel, and rich 

 soil, over the greater part of which a carpet of moss was laid. A tiny 

 maple tree lived in it for a season, and many pretty wood plants have made 

 it attractive at different times. 



One year the pet of the school was Bufo, a very solemn old toad. 

 Often he was so unsocial as to back down into the earth and refuse to 

 come out, but the children would take him gently in their hands and he 

 did not seem to mind. Onc"e when we were watching a cabbage butterfly 

 that was in the terrarium, Bufo came out of his hiding place to watch it, 

 too. He re- 

 mained as still 

 as a stone and 

 looked like one. 

 The cabbage 

 butterfly flitted 

 down and rested 

 on old Bufo's 

 nose. Of course 

 vou know what 

 happened. 

 Bufo's tongue 

 was out and the 

 cabbage butter- 

 fly was in uis 

 mouth before 

 you could wink 

 an eye. Tliis is 

 one of the ways 

 in which Bu fo 

 showed that he 

 is a good gar- 

 dener. The cab- 

 bage butterfly, 

 you know, lays 

 the eggs from 

 which the cater- 

 pillars hatch that Fig. 4. — The terrarium. 



