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their hard wing covers; the mandibles of grasshoppers 

 and their soft, straight wing covers; the beak of bugs; 

 the coiled proboscis of butterflies and moths; the four 

 membranous wings and hairy, or smooth and pedunculate 

 bodies of the bees, ants, and wasps; the two wings of the 

 flies ; and so on, if other orders are commonly represented 

 in the neighborhood where the work is done. 



In the late summer one ought to be able to find 

 butterfly and moth larvae, or larvae that have already 

 spun their cocoons and have turned into pupae. If the 

 former, bring them into the school-room along with food 

 enough to last them; and if the latter, bring in the 

 twig or stem on which the pupae are hung, or the dirt in 

 which they were found, and put them into a safe place, 

 where, later the students may have the privilege of seeing 

 what metamorphosis means. There is nothing that quite 

 takes the place of seeing the thing for yourself in the big 

 world of Nature's wonders. Many other things will 

 suggest themselves to the earnest instructor who is on 

 the lookout to open up the world of knowledge to the 

 young mind. The child will often be the leader as to 

 where you are to go and what you are to teach him. My 

 best teachers have been my students who have asked me 

 things that I did not know. Never forget that you are a 

 child yourself, and that it is still your privilege to learn 

 truth along with them from the great Master of Truth 

 Himself. The bookworm side of study is not to be 

 emphasized; leave that for him who cannot do the thing 

 in any other way. There is such a world of things that 

 are very much alive, that one cannot afford to waste the 

 time over book knowledge of living creatures. Just give 

 the creatures about us a chance and they will teach us 

 many a lesson in humanity and gentleness, ingenuity and 



