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anteniicE. They know that if the baby is stroked ever so gently he 

 will give off a very sweet liquid called honey-dew. The ants are 

 extremely fond of this kind of candy and do not cease to tickle the 

 little fellow until their sweet tooth is satisfied. It is a great com- 

 fort to Papa and Mamma TheHa to know that on their return home 

 they will find each child just where they left him, attentively 

 guarded by his neat black-dressed nurses. 



This summer on many locust trees there will be famihes of 

 Thelias, grotesque, interesting and amusing, and there is much 

 enjoyment to be had from watching these curious Httle bugs in their 

 leafy home. The ants will betray to every sharp-eyed boy or girl 

 the place where the babies are hidden, but woe to the fingers that 

 try to steal them from their watchful guardians. Try it some time 

 if you do not believe this story to be true. 



The TheHas have many families of cousins, most of whom wear 

 the same kind of droll little caps while others have queer humps 

 upon their backs. One of the prettiest is Ceresa. She is pale green 

 in color and shaped very much like a hazelnut. Some of their 

 distant relatives who live in warmer countries are still stranger 

 looking. Their caps are fantastic in shape and brilHant in color, 

 resembling nothing so much as the bright toboggan caps of little 

 boys and girls. Compared with them, the Thelias are plain little 

 country cousins. 



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