








The Spinner Family 
house if it were not for these dainty 
hooks. And above all, she never 
could build her wonderful house of silk 
without the aid of these same tools, 
which serve so many purposes. 
She uses her feet to help to hold her 
food up to her mouth while she eats 
her dinner, for you know she has no 
fingers with which to hold it. 
Her first pair of legs serve as feelers, 
just as the antenne of a grasshopper 
or a butterfly do. She waves them 
about to discover whether or not any 
danger lies in her way. 
How would you like to carry a 
clothes-brush around with you every 
minute? That is what Mrs. Epeira 
does. She is a very neat little lady, 
and if you watch carefully you will 
see her brushing the dust from her 
pink gown, and even from her face and 
eyes, with the soft brushes of hair that 
she carries on her legs. 
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