A NICE LITTLE HOUSEKEEPER. 



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(One of the ants just at this point runs up to the speak- 

 er, and after patting her on the head with her feelers, hur- 

 ries away.") 



Jenny. What did your friend do that for? 



Ant. She told me in the ant's language, that there 

 was a lump of sugar lying in that flower-pot, and ad- 



Jenny and the Ant. 



vised me to go and help myself before it was all 

 eaten up. 



Jenny. Did she say all that with those motions? I 

 did not hear her make any noise. 



Ant. We never make a noise when we talk. We 

 talk altogether by signs. 



