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guarding this precious little bundle. 
Now and then she ventures a short 
distance away, catches an insect, and 
hurries back to her charge. This goes 
on for three weeks, and then the 
mother’s heart is rejoiced to find that 
the small cradle is full of baby Spin- 
ners instead of eggs. For a few days 
the spiderlings stay in the lace-cov- 
ered cradle, then they venture out into 
other parts of the house, but it is more 
than a week before even the boldest 
ones find their way through the doors 
into the world outside. Even now 
they wander only an inch or two away 
from the open door. In order that 
they may be sure to find their way 
home again, each babe stretches a 
cord along the path that it has taken, 
for even at this tender age it has 
learned to spin a thread just as its 
mother does. 
The babes look much like their 
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