CARPENTERS. COWS. OTHER INSECTS 245 



Carpenters. Cows. Other Insects. 



FLORENCE. How are the Carpenters and their cows 

 coming on in the cedar tree? 



ALBERT. All right, and it beats the world what I've 

 seen. Why, I saw the cows shoot balls of honeydew into 

 the air. Much of it lodged on the cedar leaves about an 

 inch below. You ought to have seen the ants, flies and 

 yellow jackets searching those leaves. 



KENNETH. Yes, and if you get the sun right you can 

 see the little balls glistening on the leaves. The Carpenters 

 do their best to keep the other things away, but winged 

 insects have the advantage. The balls dry up very slowly. 



ALBERT. I saw thirty-seven Fuller's rose beetles, each 

 guarding from one to four cows on the twigs at the foot 

 of that cedar. Yes, and the ladybugs were there, too. 



CECIL. The greatest hunter in that tree is the metal- 

 colored wasp the one that keeps flapping its wings all 

 the time. 



ALBERT. The greatest trapper in thac tree is the 

 spider. The many visitors make business very good. You 

 know why the visitors come. Great sport. It's like fish- 

 ing alwaj's expecting good news from the other end of 

 the line. 



KENNETH. The spider is a cowboy, when it is roping 

 an animal down; an architect, when it is building a sus- 

 pension bridge; a weaver, when it is spinning a sheet; and 

 it's a lot of other things. 



CECIL. A panther, for instance, or a trapeze performer. 



KENNETH. The spiders have made twenty-three traps 

 near the cows in the oak bush, and are doing a good busi- 

 ness. One has caught two Carpenters and a rose beetle. 



DOROTHY. Now what are you doing? 



