










The Spinner Family 
‘¢ She is holding fast 
with four pairs 
of feet” 









of as far a as pos- 
#% sible. She reminds one 
/ of a small boy making his 
first attempt to stand on 
his head. While in this posi- 
tion she spins a thread, one 
7) ‘end of which she has already 
r PY fastened to the post. The wind 
~! 2 blows the thread out to one side. 
When the little Spinner thinks 
this thread is of sufficient strength 
to bear her weight she lets go her 
hold, springs off into the air, and 
is carried away by the breeze just 
as her smaller sister is. 
Some of the Fliers, instead of 
sailing away on the end of a 
. string, construct filmy rafts out 
\, of bands of white silk. When the 
* yaft is made the little builder gets 

on board, cuts the thread that holds 
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