


XV 
THE BABY SPINNERS 
EK have been talking all 
the while about grown-up 
Spinners as if there were 
no babies in the family. But the 
babies are plentiful enough, I assure 
you. They all make their first ap- 
pearance in the form of eggs. 
Kach mother Spinner has her own 
notion as to the way the babies should 
be cared for. Mrs. Epeira’s greatest 
anxiety is to find a safe hidden corner 
in which to deposit her precious pack- 
age of egos, 
A night comes in the early autumn 
when she leaves her bell chamber, 
and, instead of setting to work as 
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