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That seems rather unfortunate, and we 
are inclined to be sorry for her, but I 
doubt if she would thank us for feel- 
ing so. 
She probably feels sorry for us because 
we have not six legs, and wonders how 
we get along with only two to prop us up 
and help us to go about, with not even 
wings to help. For besides six legs, Miss 
Apis has four wings. They are wonder- 
ful wings; but we must return to legs. 
Since Miss Apis has no hands, she 
uses all six legs, or rather the claws at 
the ends of them, for clinging fast to 
things. 
She also uses all six legs to walk and 
run with, and once in a while, when 
under great excitement, to jump a little. 
The claws at the ends of her legs are 
not ordinary claws such as cats or hens 
have; there is nothing ordinary about Miss 
Apis, I must remind you, not even her 
claws. 
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