62 ANIMALS AND INSECTS 



OPENING TALK 



1. A Review of Part 1. 



What is it that wakes up the seed lying so fast asleep 

 in the dark, damp earth? What makes it grow? What 

 causes the forest trees to grow so straight and tall? Why 

 is a tree growing in the open fields or upon a bare hillside so 

 symmetrically shaped, and why is it clothed with so many 

 leaves? 



What helps has God given the plant world besides the 

 earth, the water, the sun and the wind? While the bees 

 are working hard to help themselves, what else do they 

 help? How did grass get to be grain? 



2. Introducing Part 2. 



There are other things besides the clouds, the ferns 

 and mosses, seeds and flowers, plants and trees, which we 

 shall find interesting. Much more like us than the plants 

 and trees are the forms of animal life. People have ob- 

 served the insects and animals so carefully that they can 

 tell us many things about them, and we will look at them 

 with more interest when we have learned how they build 

 their homes, take care of their babies and learn to live 

 together in communities. 



We are to hear to-day the story of the ant, a humble 

 little creature which was thought worthy to be men- 

 tioned in our Bible. 



