A NATURE STUDY LESSON ON THE GRASSHOPPER. 37 



Tr. "How many legs does the creature have?" 



All. "Six." 



Mary. "The hind pair are to jump with, so they're big and 

 strong." 



Tr. "How many wings?" 



All. "Two!" 



John. "There's four! That big grasshopper had a pair of black 

 and yellow ones when he'd got up to fly. They must all be the 

 same." 



Tr. "Think about this a little longer, children. Get a grass- 

 hopper and ask him how many wings he has. He will tell you to 

 look and see." 



Carl. "Are those his eyes on the corners of his head?" 



Tr. "Would that be a good place for eyes?" 



Jim. "He could see in all directions. He wouldn't have to 

 turn his head." 



Alice. "The back part of the body is made of joints like a stove- 

 pipe, only they move a little. And there are some dots on the 

 sides." 



Tr. "You have all been very good observers. I can't say who 

 is best. I think we have stared at our visitors as long as we ought 

 to today. You may write for your language lesson what you have 

 learned about the grosshopper. You may find out all you can 

 about the young ones tomorrow. Keep watch of the incubator and 

 look for young ones out of doors. You will find their cast off 

 clothing on the ground in grassy places, if you are patient and 

 press the grass roots apart with care. Try to find out for sure 

 how grasshoppers breathe; why they are so differently colored; 

 and if they have the senses of sight, hearing, tou~h, taste, and 

 smell. Mary and Alice may act as a Committee on Entertainment 

 tomorrow, and see that there is no lack of food and water in the 

 cage. Jim will watch events in the chalk box, and let us know 

 the moment the first egg hatches. I have not answered questions 

 for you because I wish you to work them out yourself, as you 

 would an example in arithmetic. Next week, or perhaps before 

 next week, we will talk over the new things we learn about the 

 grasshopper," 



