CATERPILLARS AND 

 THEIR MOTHS 



THE CRAWLERY 



WE were sitting in a room which had recently been 

 added to the liouse, and for which the whole 

 family had been suggesting names approj^riate to om* 

 work on insects — or supposed to be. So far none had 

 suited us, and we were busy, in a nameless room, clean- 

 ing out our caterpillar-tins and putting into them fresh 

 leaves for the caterpillars. A sister of One of Us stood 

 at the door watching us, and suddenly exclaimed: 

 " Ugh ! I don't see how yon can do it ! It makes me 

 crawl all over just to see them." 



" Thank you ! " cried the Other of Us. " Our room 

 has its name ! Since most of its occupants are crawlers 

 and some of its visitors ' crawl,' it shall be the Crawl- 

 ery ! " 



It has been the Crawlery for so many years now that 

 some of the sister's children, although well grown up, 

 cannot remember it as anything else. 



The Crawlery is full of associations. It has witnessed 



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