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were left in the field. When they had finished this 

 field it was dinner-time, and they found a nice place 

 on the old covered bridge to eat their lunches. 

 They spent the afternoon roaming over a large part 

 of the country, and when they came back to Sammy's 



FIG. 53. "And they found a nice place on the old covered bridge." 



home with their bottles full of living chinch-bugs, 

 Mr. Sprague was very much pleased. "You cer- 

 tainly must have found their winter homes/ 7 he 

 said with much surprise. "It means that we must 

 clean our fields better in the fall than we have been 

 doing/' he said. 



