GARDEN ENEMIES 



let go and roll off as usual, but instead of 

 dropping into the safe obscurity of the grass, 

 as they intended, they dropped into immedi- 

 ate dissolution in my pail. I finally suc- 

 ceeded in exterminating these invaders and 

 never saw them more under that form, 

 though I am not sure but that a remnant of 

 them came back the following season under 

 the guise of certain ugly but very intelligent 

 black worms who took up their abode on 

 the willows. These were the only worms I 

 have ever seen who displayed any powers 

 of observation, or could reason logically from 

 cause to effect. In their case it was not 

 necessary for me to joggle the twig they 

 were on before they thought of taking 

 preservative measures, but they would note 

 my approach six feet off and, scenting 

 danger, would run away as fast as their 

 many little legs would carry them! It was 

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