2 MOTHS. 
disposition to inquire into every thing of 
which you are ignorant, that I never think 
such interruptions troublesome. Well, 
now, here we are in the garden. 
Lucy, See here, mamma, at the ivy 
wall, a strange thing like part of a moth, 
struggling among bits of leaves and sticks, 
look, look! it moves, it is growing 
larger — there are its legs. I really be- 
lieve it is a moth : now it is entirely come 
out from among those scraps of dirt. Is 
it a moth, mamma ? 
Mother. Yes, it is a moth ; but softly ; 
watch how its wings unfold. You see 
they gradually spread open, with a little 
quivering motion. Could you have 
thought so large an animal had been con- 
tained in that small case, which you see 
in the midst of those broken leaves ? It 
is now a perfect moth, and this is the first 
time it has appeared in that form. 
Lucy, How much brighter the co- 
lours are than when I first saw its wings ! 
They now look bright and clean, at first 
they had a wet crumpled look. 
