







The Spinner Family 
building. Now this wide spiral is Mrs. 
Epeira’s scaffold, upon which she walks 
and stands while she finishes her won- 
derful house. Another spiral is to go 
in. She begins this at the outer 
border; round and round she goes 
again, fast enough to make her dizzy, 
if she knew what that meant. This time 
the threads of the spiral are placed 
very close together, — less than a quar- 
ter of an inch apart. As she moves 
around, one hind foot holds the thread 
as it comes from the spinners, and with 
wonderful skill fastens it to each spoke 
as she passes by. She never makes a 
blunder; the quick stroke is never 
made an instant too soon or too late; 
it is never too high or too low, but 
always at the exact moment and the 
exact place. 
But the scaffolding gets in the way 
of this new spiral. What will this lit- 
tle builder do about it? Just what 
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