AUTUMN 



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Where have they gone ? 

 Are they dead ? 



The ants have' gone to their underground 

 tome. 



The grasshoppers are mostly dead. 

 But they have left their eggs carefully buried 

 the ground. 



The frogs have hidden themselves in the 

 Lud. 



They have begun their long winter nap. 

 The honey bees are in their hives. 

 Mrs. Wasp and Mrs. Bumble Bee are hiding 

 mder logs or stones, or in cracks. 

 It seems as if all life was dead, it is true. 

 But life is only asleep. 

 Soon the buds and seeds and eggs and 

 cocoons will open. 



And in the spring we shall again 

 see the treasures that these dear boxes 

 hold. 



pupa finished safely 



Why, what is this ? 



Is it a bud ? 



Let us open it to see. 



There are no little leaves inside. 



