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WOODMYTH & FABLE 



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H, brothers, look at that fine 

 big Culex coming to our 

 pond!" cried Stethorynchus, 

 a lively little Stickleback 

 that lived in a marshy place near Yorka- 

 delphia. 



'*Keep quiet, you fool!" cried Cata- 

 phractus (who, though he had but two 

 sticklers, had a broad, intelligent forehead, 

 and was highly respected among the Gas- 

 terosteidae). ''Can't you see she is com- 

 ing to lay her eggs?" 



"It is not a Culex at all, you micro- 

 cephalous idiot; don't you see by the 

 straight line of her back that that is an 

 Anopheles? said Polyplectron, with char- 

 acteristic rudeness. 



"So much the better," returned Cata- 



