SWAN 



WINTER SLEEP 



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Covered over by autumn leaves, and later by snow these eggs are 

 kept warm till springtime when they hatch and all the baby 

 grasshoppers are ready to come up. 



Under our feet also are the eggs of Mother Cricket, for like 

 Mrs. Grasshopper, she laid them in the ground last fall, so that 

 her babies might be safe and warm all winter. Tiny little things 

 they are; we might never notice them, but in springtime when 

 they hatch, and the baby crickets come up, we can see that they 

 belong to the cricket faimily. 



"Lady Bird, Lady Bird" flies away in the fall, and hides herself 

 in some cosy place where she stays all winter, and then starts 

 off to the bushes and plants to lay eggs. 



Down in the soft mud of pools we find turtles, fish and frogs all 

 waiting for the spring; no matter how the ice may cover the pond 

 these creatures are not disturbed at all. 



So you see some insects like the spiders put their babies in a cradle ; 

 some caterpillars wrap themselves up and hang on a tree so that 



"When the wind blows, 

 The cradle will rock." 



Other insect babies are waiting just below the ground, others 

 behind the bark of trees, and some perhaps in our own homes if 

 we could but find them. 



Garden implements made by pupils 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 



