HOW SILK IS MADE. 



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left the 

 leaves. But 

 one morn- 

 ing they did 

 not seem so 

 hungry. They wan- 

 dered about, and 

 climbed up the bun- 

 dles of straw I h<i(l 

 set for them. In a 

 little while, many of 



them began to spin the most beautiful silken threads, very much as 

 a spider does. Back and forth, over and over, in loops like a figure 

 8, went their queer '' hooded " heads. By and by each one could 



be seen inside a beautiful silk- 

 en A eil, or shell, about the 

 feize of a large peanut. 

 The worm continued 

 to spin until the veil 

 was too thick for 

 ^ us to see 



V through ; 

 ^<^Q but we 

 /'^<C^ ' \ could hear 

 his little 

 " click, click, click," 

 as he worked. The 

 worms liave to be 

 killed in the case. If 

 they are allowed to live 

 they will break the delicate 

 threads. 

 We did not kill them all, however. I wish you could have seen 

 the room when we gathered the cocoons, which is the proper name 

 for the peanut-shaped home of the silk-worm. AH along the ceil- 

 ing, behind the window-curtain, on papa's desk, in baby's over- 



