PROCREANT CRADLES' 



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a little curved fence or dam, to prevent the eggs running 

 down the slope of the tile and getting lost. They lie against 

 the wall of moss and down on a few straggling threads, and 

 hatch in a warmth radiated by day from the tiles, as if they 

 lay in an incubator. 



TREE-CREEPER 



