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such things except when I dream at night. I won- 

 der if the fall hurt my eyes." He rubbed them once 

 more, quite thoroughly this time. He looked again, 

 and, sure enough, the bugs were still there. He 

 broke a piece from another stubble, and getting down 

 on his knees he pushed the beetles and turned them 

 over. 



FIG. 14. "He looked again, and, sure enough, the bugs were still there." 



"My eyes are all right, and those are bill-bugs as 

 sure as I live. I bet they are dead, or maybe asleep, 

 no, I saw that one move." He pointed to one 

 of the beetles which he saw move its legs. After 

 a few moments he saw the others move slightly. 



"Hm, they act like boys when you wake them 

 up in the morning, except that they do not yawn. 



