260 THE LIFE AND LOVE OF THE INSECT 



Where could I lodge you and how could I feed you ? 

 The best thing is to say good-bye, not without a certain 

 regret on my part. One of these days, I will take you 

 and scatter you in your territory, the rock-strewn slope 

 where the sun is so hot. There you will find brothers and 

 sisters who, hardly larger than yourselves, are already 

 leading solitary Hves, under their little stones, sometimes 

 no bigger than a thumb-nail. There you will learn the 

 hard struggle for life better than you would with me. 



