2l8 NATURE STUDY LESSONS. 



" I am glad you have come at last," she said, " to get something 

 for somebody. Here are treasures that cannot be bought." 



Zekko took the bag and peeped in. Exactly what he wanted ! 

 There was a long, stiff, hairy ear, a limp, soft, silky ear, and a lit- 

 tle smooth, furry ear. 



When Zekko reached home late at night and found the unhappy 

 animals tossing uneasily in their beds, he crept about noiselessly 

 and fastened each ear on the right head in just the proper way, 

 blessing the good fairy for giving him in each case such a perfect 

 match. Can you imagine what a beautiful surprise it would be to 

 waken in the morning ^vith two ears after going to sleep with only 

 one? 



The donkey was delighted now to take his master about on the 

 mountain, going precisely where he was told to go, for now he un- 

 derstood every word that Zekko said. The dog went too, and a 

 merry time he had, chasing woodchucks and squirrels, without a 

 fear of being lost, for he could always hear his master when he 

 whistled. The cat stayed at home, of course, and kept the house 

 free from mice. Not one could escape her now, and she grew as 

 sleek and fat as every good pussy-cat ought to be. From that time 

 on the donkey was always obedient, the dog followed his master 

 faithfully wherever he went, and the cat was btisy from morning 

 till night at home. And so in the queer little house behind the 

 waterfall they all lived together, a Happy Family forever after. 



Nature Study Lessons. XL 



BY EDWARD J. BURNHAM. 



In almost any collection of insects made from brooks 

 and ponds in New England and the Middle States, there 

 is sure to be an assortment of caddis-fly larv^ge. These in- 

 dustrious creatures are easily kept in any sort of receptacle 

 that will hold water, and if supplied with brook weed, tiny 

 sticks or leaves and stems of water plants, will go on bus- 

 ily and contentedly building their houses for days and 

 even weeks. For those kinds which live in still pools with 

 muddy bottoms, the water in the aquarium need not be 

 renewed more frequently than once a day, and then only 



