38 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



her eggs on the grass blades in the fall, and the young 

 larvae that are hatched, winter over in the ground. 

 Then when you young stalks of corn grow in the 

 same soil, Cut Worm goes to work on you. He works 

 mostly at night when you are asleep, so that you 

 won't see him, and he just bites you off at the top of 

 the ground. However, I hope you won't meet any 

 of his folks. I will call around and see you every 

 day. So long," called Bob White, as he ran down a 

 row of corn to pick up a stray bug. 



"My, my! But Bob White is an intelligent fel- 

 low, isn't he?" said our young friend. "He knows 

 nearly everything, and is not stuck up about it 

 either." 



Just at this point the younger of the three brothers 

 noticed a brown shape slowly crawling over toward 

 him. It was about an inch long, with two stripes 

 down its back — an ugly, wicked-looking thing. 



"Say, boys, what is that thing? He is coming over 

 toward me I believe, and I can't move at all. I 

 don't like his looks one bit. I wish Bob White had 

 stayed a little longer. See what a mean-looking 

 head he has! Oh, he is coming right over here, and 

 will soon be on one of us! Can't we wave our arms 

 and get help, I wonder?" 



So, putting this suggestion into action, the three 



