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'■ Hi^ wuiitw tu kiiMW wile 



' I aiu and what I am al>uut. " 



worm's house. Instead of digging llie eaAity, 

 she often hunts up two or three stones and a 

 eorn-butt, which happen to lie so that slie can 

 crowd in iDetween tliem, and makes this stiift 

 serve her for a nest. 



Her eggs are one of the world's small wondei's. 

 They lie out in the open like so many of tlie 

 pebbles about them— resembling the stones so 

 X>erfectly that they are more often overlooked 

 or crushed than discovered. The ground color 

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