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three times, but I caught it at last, and it is now 

 safe enough in this box. 



Anna. Oh, a Katy-did ! I wish I had found 

 a Katy-did. I could not get any thing in the 

 garden, so I went into the house, and caught a 

 fly. 



Aunt M. I am glad you have brought us a 

 fly. It is so common an insect that I should 

 like you to know something about it, and it is 

 very curious too, besides having its own little 

 share of beauty. What has our little Mary 

 got? 



Mary. Something very pretty indeed ; but 

 I am afraid it will fly away if I open the box. 

 There, you can look in at that little crack. Do 

 you see ? 



Anna. Oh, yes ; it is a Lightning-bug. 



Harriet. Say Fire-fly; that is a prettier 

 name. 



Mary. I was very much afraid that I 

 squeezed it too hard when I caught it, but I 

 believe I did not hurt it, for it seems very lively 

 now. 



Rene&. I was not satisfied with one insect ; 

 I believe I have something like a hundred. 

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