
How the Spinners spend the Winter 
the Autumn Spider. But all the Spin- 
ners do not die in the fall; many live 
to be three or even four years old. 
What can they do to tide over the 
cold, freezing weather? It is useless 
for them to spend time and labor in 
weaving silken snares to catch prey, 
or building pretty dining-halls in 
which to feast, for there is no prey to 
catch, nor insects to feast upon. 
There are but two things they can 
do and live. They must migrate to 
a warmer climate, as birds do, or roll 
up in a ball and sleep, like the bears. 
It is a question whether any of the 
Spinners migrate. Perhaps some of the 
Fliers sail away to the south-land, but 
nobody feels quite certain that they do. 
Those that stay here adopt the other 
alternative; that is, they search out a 
quiet, cosy corner and go to sleep. 
The Jumpers make for themselves 
dainty little homes, much like those 
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