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r burrox :<>st filk 



j^ts, standing one against the cti; 

 end upwards. After her long fast one v 

 to go away, like the Sacred Beetle, in search # foo A 

 On'tl* contrary, however, she stays where she i*. 

 vet -he has eaten nothing since she came undergo 

 {or ,he has taken good care not to touch the food prepare 

 for her family. She will go hungry rather than let her 



prubs suffer. 



}\>-r obicct. in staying is to mount guard over the 

 cradles. The pear of the Sacred Beetle suffers from the 

 jv.'-cher s desertion. It soon shows cracks, and becomes 

 soly and swollen. After a time it loses its shape. But 

 tbt "nest of the Coprs remains perfect, owing to the 

 manor's care. She goes from one to the other, feels 

 rnt> listens to them, and touches them up at points 

 *hr my eye can detect no flaw. Her clumsy horn-shod 

 foot is more sensitive in -the darkness than my sight m 

 hn*d dayJight : she feels the least threatening of a c 

 >nd attend* to it at once, lest the air should enter and 

 Ay up hrr eggs, She slips in and out of the namr 

 *iwi between the tratiles, inspecting them wrt 

 'et care. If I disturb her she someunv 



