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is a magnified representation of the tongue of a lion, and I 

 suppose it is the same in all the feline species. 



HENRIETTA. 



But, all this time, we are forgetting our glow-worm, which 

 I hope has not run away; for I intend taking it home, and 

 putting it in a hox with some snails, that we may watch it 

 clean itself with its little brush. 



MRS. F. 



And you shall have my microscope, that you may examine 

 it the more closely. 



HENRIETTA. 



Thank you, aunt; that will be very interesting. 



FREDERICK. 



Here is the glow-worm, Mary; I will carry it for you, and 

 you can take the little snails. 



MRS. F. 



I think that. I had better take charge of it, for you, Fred- 

 erick, have Esther's egg-shells to carry. 



FREDERICK. 



Oh, aunt, I had quite forgotten them. 



Just what I anticipated, when you said that you would 

 take them presently. Another instance, my dear Frederick, 

 of the inconvenience of a habit of procrastination so often 

 do we seriously annoy ourselves and others, by deferring 

 until another time that which could just as well be done at 

 the present. 



FREDERICK. 



Aunt, I will run back and fetch them now. 



MRS. F. 

 Do so; but strive, by all means, to correct yourself of this 



