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and bore holes in it, we passed by the tailor's 

 shop, near the church ; ' and now,' said we, 

 l we have found out something which will 

 puzzle good Uncle Philip : there are surely no 

 tailors among the lower animals ; so we will 

 ask him to-day to talk about creatures that 

 can cut out cloth and sew it up with a 

 needle.' " 



" Ah, my dear children, there are a great 

 many things which would puzzle Uncle Philip. 

 I do not know every thing ; nor do I suppose 

 that I can find every trade in the world among 

 the dumb creatures which God has made. 

 But you have made a bad choice of a puzzle 

 this morning, my boys ; for there are tailors 

 among the inferior creatures, and some pretty 

 nice ones, too ; at any rate, they always cut 

 so as to fit exactly." 



"Why, Uncle Philip! You do not mean 

 to say that they can cut out cloth, and then 

 sew it up again with a needle and thread !" 



" No, boys ; I do not think it is to be ex- 

 pected that they should take a pair of shears 

 and cut a piece of cloth, or put a piece of 

 thread through the eye of a steel needle ; any 

 more than we expect the insect that saws, to 

 go to the cabinet-maker, and borrow his tool 



