
Te AO Tee eres 
She is hiding from us, and like the 
thimble in the old game of “1 spy,” 
she is in plain sight. 
There, I shall touch each of those © 
balls, beginning at the top. Nothing © 
happens till I put my finger on that 
piece of bark a little below the centre. 
It falls to the ground, and lies there, 
motionless. A quarter of an hour 
passes and then the piece of dead bark 
begins to wriggle. There! it has come 
to life, and is clambering up a thread 
toward the web, as a sailor would climb 
a mast. So that is the little house- 
keeper! She has been playing a joke 
on us. She is a dumpy little body, 
with short legs and small cephalo- 
thorax. Her abdomen is the largest 
part of her body, and is covered with 
tiny knobs. Her dress is dull brown, 
speckled with gray. : 
When this little hunchback has 
reached the spot from which she fell, 
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