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did the spiders get there? Have they deliberately pack- 

 ed themselves here in this old wasp nest to be eaten up?" 

 " Ah, then, you knew it was a wasp nest, did you ?" 

 "Why, of course," she replied. "It didn't occur to 

 me at first, but I have often seen the same sort of mud 

 nests on the beams of my garret ; 

 but never heard of the old ones 

 Dem g used by spiders. And 



then the spiders are 

 all dead, and are not 

 like any spiders that 

 I have ever seen ; and 

 then there is that lit- 

 tle worm and all. I 

 don't understand 



the thing a bit." 



" Do you know 

 what sort of a wasp 

 it is that builds that 

 mud nest ?" I asked. 

 " I don't know his name; but I know he 

 is deep-blue, and has a very slender waist. 



