THE EARTHWORM 



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The babies are the ones that need the most 

 bod. 



So it is often they who lead the others south. 



How do they know how to go ? 



They have never travelled before. 



But in the spring it is the father who leads 

 the way. 



He is in a hurry to build his nest. 



Many times he has travelled over the road. 



He knows it very well, indeed. 



He even remembers the tree in which he 

 built his nest. 



And he often returns to it. 



THE EARTHWORM 



signs earthworm castings 

 gardener 



swallow 



What were the signs of spring that we found 

 yesterday ? 



They were little curly lumps of earth. 



And why were some of them so wet ? 



I think that it must be because they were 

 fresh. 



