How the Spinners spend the Winter 
first approach of winter. But they do 
not fold up their tents and put them 
away for future use, as you do when 
you break camp. Leaving their 
homes to be torn to pieces by the 
winds or crushed by a weight of snow, 
they scuttle off to find a warm nook 
in which to take their winter nap. A 
wood-pile with a good supply of chips 
is greatly to their liking. Some of 
the more fastidious among them enter 
our homes and try to find winter 
quarters in our wardrobes and closets. 
Have you never taken down a cloak 
or dress that you have not worn 
for some time, to find that a little 
Spinner has crept into a warm fold, 
wrapped her soft blanket about her, 
and settled down for a long sleep? 
Poor little thing, she finds herself 
rudely awakened, and has to scuttle 
off as fast as her eight legs can carry 
her, in order to save her life. 
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