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describe it. The description from which this is abridged 

 is given in Fabre's The Life of the Spider.^ 



Dwell upon the spider's patient industry in doing over 

 the same thing each time just as well as she knows how. 

 Then impress upon the children the great reward that 

 God gives us for continued well-doing. Tell them that 

 later they will learn how some men have helped the 

 world and what great things they have done because of 

 their industry and perseverance. 



Urge each child to make the free-hand drawing of the 

 orb web the best that he can do. It may be done at 

 home if time for it can not be found in class. 



Hand Work 



A reproduction of the orb spider's web to be drawn as 

 well as possible free-hand, copying the illustration on the 

 upper half of the drawing page. 



OPENING TALK 



There was a proverb about the ant in our last lesson 

 which we are to remember. Let us say it together. 

 (Secure concert recitation of the memory verse for 

 Lesson 8.) The ants show us how insects learn to live 

 together in communities. There is another little creature 

 we have all seen whose home is very different from the 

 ant's, but quite as wonderful. When we have had the 

 story, you may tell me in what ways they are alike and 

 in what ways they differ. 



1 The Life of the Spider. Fabre. Dodd, Mead & Co. 



