More Beetles 



Beetles often come and drink at it after their 

 meals. Parched after their heating diet 

 and, moreover, daubed all over with slime 

 after cutting up a Snail, they quench their 

 thirst at the saucer, rinse their mouths and 

 bathe their tarsi, which are shod in sticky 

 boots heavy with sand. After this ablution, 

 they make for their shelter under the bit of 

 board and quietly enjoy a long siesta. 



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