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that had pounced on a fly in its web. Turning 
the fly quickly round and round, the spider spun 
a band of threads round the little prisoner's body, 
so that it could not escape. 
2. Just then, Mr. Hunt, the children's teacher, 
came by, and seeing 
what they were look- 
ing at, he said: I will 
tell you how the spider 
spins its web. 
Spinnerets. 
Spider in Web. 
Attached End of Spider's Thread. 
Near the end of its body the spider has from 
four to eight clusters of tiny holes, called its 
spinnerets, and from these it spins out the fine 
silk for its web. 
3. " Within its body there are bags of sticky 
