A "Board Walk" of the Woods 



In recent days there have been a lot 

 of small spiders sprinting up and down 

 or scampering across the walk. Now 

 an ant will run all over the place 

 unless wrestling with a load of coal or 

 something without any apparent idea 

 as to where he is going. I don't really 

 think he has or cares. He will go in 

 circles or forward and backward with- 

 out any sense of direction, without any 

 given point in view, so far as I can see. 

 But these little spider-bodies act as if 

 they knew where they were going, and 

 intended getting there. They seem 

 to sense or recognize your presence 

 when you happen to stop near them. 

 Still they are somewhat erratic in their 

 attitude toward you. I tried stepping 

 closer and closer to one of them when 

 he stopped to rest on some long journey 

 he was making, and each time, for a 

 while, he would start to run, then 

 "stop, look and listen" to see what the 

 next move was to be; finally settling 

 down to the conviction that I was 



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