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A REAL BOY 



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A Water Strider 



A Back Swimmer 



She looked but couldn't find the frog. We fotmd him. I found a 

 Potato bug. 



April 1 2th— I put the frog in the Terrarium. I made a hole and 

 put a dish in with water in it. I went over to the Cemetery Pond. 



I caught three water striders, 

 three Back Swimmers, two Dam- 

 sel flies, six Dragon fly nymphs, 

 three Water Boatmen, a lot of 

 eggs, 1 8 beetles. In the after- 

 noon I went over to Barker's 

 with Miss Mank. We caught 

 five big Water Striders. We put 

 four into the Cemetery Pond to 

 see if we could introduce them there. I caught some more cad- 

 dice worms and a few other things. We ex- 

 pect to put some caddice worms in the Ceme- 

 tery Pond. I caught a moth coming home. I 

 found a gall had come out. The only thing 

 that looked like a fly was that feet had grown. 

 April i6 — I went over to Miss Mank's and 

 brought her my gall . I found two other things. I have foimd that 

 the dragon fly nx-mphs eat an insect we get 

 at Barker's. It has grown four pairs of gills 

 on each side of the body behind three pairs 

 of feet which it keeps in constant motion. 

 It has three tails on the tip of its real tail. 

 It swims by folding and straightening its real 

 tail. 



April i8 — I went over to Barker's with 

 Miss Mank. We caught a supply of things 

 for the dragon fly nymphs and some water striders. We caught 

 a lot of caddice worms and a 

 few land things. We stayed 

 from 9:30 to 12 o'clock 

 In the afternoon Miss. 

 Mank went over to Andover. 

 She gave me four poll>'wogs and three fairy shrimps. 



April iQth—l went over to the Cemetery Pond and put the cad- 

 dice worms and water striders in it. I took the fairy shrimps to 

 school. 



A Water Boatman 



Caddice-worm 



