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HOUSE FLY 



Composition. — Write a description of what you 

 have observed about a house fly. In writing this 

 description follow this outline of topics, making each 

 topic a separate paragraph. AYrite all you wish to 

 say about each topic in its own paragraph. 



The House Fly : — 



Head Wings 



Body Legs 



SUPPLEMENTARY WORK 



A Fly's Eating. — Watch a house fly as it eats. What is the 

 shape of the lower end of the tube that it touches to its 



food ? Where is the 

 tube carried when 

 the fly is not eat- 

 ing? The mouth 

 parts of a house fly 

 are not made for bit- 

 ing or to be thrust 

 into the skin, but 

 for sucking up bits 

 from the outside 

 parts of soft food. 

 A Fly's Cleanli- 

 ness. — AVatch a 

 house fly and notice 

 how it often passes 



its fore legs over its 



House Fly (Magnified) i i i. t, 



* head as a cat washes 



her face. Notice also that it rubs its wings with its hind legs, 



and that it rubs its legs together as if it were washing them. 



Dust a fly with a little flour and see it clean itself. If you 



