





The Spinner Family 
they prepare for their children in the 
summer-time, only they are smaller 
and have thicker walls. In these they 
cuddle down at the beginning of cold 
weather, usually in November, and do 
not come forth again till the warmth 
of the spring sunshine warns them 
that it is time to waken up. 
If you are at all inquisitive concern- 
ing Spinners’ ways, you may find, some 
day in the middle of winter, when you 
are prying around, a small gray ball 
under a piece of loose bark. Tear 
the ball to pieces, and you find tucked 
away in the centre, surrounded by 
layer after layer of silk, a half-erown 
Jumper in a dainty, gray gown. It is 
too bad to awaken her at such an 
untimely season, but no doubt she 
will forgive you if you tuck her bed- 
clothes around her again, and put her 
back where you found her. 
The Tent-makers break camp at the 
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