Baby Spinners, Continued 
When all is ready for the setting 
out, one little fellow drops two or three 
inches, hanging at the end of his thread, 
and vibrating back and forth like a 
pendulum. 
Suddenly he swings off to one side, 
farther and farther he goes. Your 
eyes follow him for two or three yards, 
then he is lost in the darkness. 
Another soon follows, then another; 
emboldened by the success of these, 
half a dozen start at the same instant. 
Some of the timid ones who have not 
made up their minds whether they are 
ready to leave the home-nest or not, 
amuse themselves by trotting back and 
forth on the tight-rope bridges made 
by their flymg companions. 
In due time even the most timid 
one goes forth to set up housekeeping 
for itself, and try its fortune in catch- 
ing prey. 
One cradle holds from three to five 
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