LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD. 125 



EVENING ELEVENTH. 



FLEAS. 



*Aunt M. Have you your lessons ready for 

 to-morrow ? 



Harriet. Oh, yes ; we learned them all be- 

 fore supper. 



<Aunt M. Then if you will come into my 

 room, we can have a little talk about insects. 

 What do you say to that ? 



Harriet. That will be delightful ; it has 

 been so many weeks since we have heard any 

 thing about them, I began to be afraid we were 

 not to hear any more. 



Aunt M. I did not think, when I gave you 

 the account of the locusts, that it would be so 

 long before I should be able to spend another 



