126 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



tial or a complete outside cover. These are woven 

 firmly together and lined with silk. 



Once, in a very close little home, in which there 

 seemed not room enough to stir, the caterpillar 

 turned completely around, end for end. It moved 

 with dignity and grace. We could not tell exactly 

 how, for we did not understand its intentions at 

 first. 



One of the caterpillars which we watched snipped 

 off small portions of the leaves in the glass and 

 wove these into its outer cover. They made the 

 cocoon look very pretty, scattered regularly over 

 its surface. Why did it do this? Has a caterpillar 

 an eye for beauty? 



I have named but few of the many queer things 

 which we noticed while the hairy caterpillars made 

 ready for their sleep. 



The glasses which held the cocoons were placed 

 in a dry cellar late in the fall, where they were 

 kept until early spring, when they were again 

 watched by the children for the housebreaking. 



In the fall work on the caterpillars, the children 

 note the changes and give orally the history of 

 each caterpillar so far as they have observed it. 

 They also write portions of this history. They 



