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animals that know how to work with tools 

 like a man." 



"Work with tools, Uncle Philip! That 

 is strange ; but we know it is so, if you say 

 so ; because you will not tell us any stories 

 but true ones. But where do they get the 

 tools ?" 



" Ah, boys, ' the hand that made them is 

 divine /' They get them where we get all 

 that is useful and good, from GOD. The 

 Bible says that He l is wise in heart, and won- 

 derful in working ;' and he has made many 

 a poor little insect, and given it tools to work 

 with for its comfort, as good and perfect as 

 any that man can make. Yes, these poor 

 little creatures had tools long before man had. 

 GOD cares for the insects, boys, as well as 

 for us." 



" But, Uncle Philip, what sort of tools do 

 you mean ? Tell us about them." 



" Very well, I will ; do you think of some 

 kind of tools that men use : think of the car- 

 penter and his tools, and let us see if we can- 

 not find some of them among the insects." 



" Why, the carpenter has a saw. Is there 

 any saw among these little fellows ?" 



"Yes indeed, there is; and a capital saw 



