THE SPIDER AND THE SCORPION. 
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THE SPIDER AND THE SCORPION. 
1. The next day Mr. Hunt put a large spider 
in a wide glass bottle, and took it to school, that 
he might teach the children something about it. 
I think you all know that the bee is an insect," 
he said. Now the spider is not. I want you 
Spider's Claw (drawn very large). 
to learn why we do not class it with the insects. 
Count its legs." 
2. This was easy to do, as the legs were so 
long, and the children soon saw that there were 
eight. 
Now look at its body," said Mr. Hunt. You 
see that it is formed in two parts, the head and 
chest being joined to form one part. In an insect 
the body is in three parts, as the head and chest 
are not joined in one; and an insect has six legs, 
but never more than that number." 
3. But it has wings," said Lucy. 
