The Spinners’ Linemies 
these tiny weavers, so the brooms and 
brushes ruthlessly tear down the 
homes, and as ruthlessly crush out 
the lives of the little owners at every 
opportunity. 
How to defend themselves against 
all these enemies is a problem that the 
Spinners are trying forever to solve. 
For such small creatures they have 
succeeded wonderfully in solving their 
problem. 
In the first place, they have learned 
to do their work during the night, when 
most of their enemies are fast asleep. 
Then some of them have become 
wonderful strategists, which 1s another 
mark of wisdom. You have already 
seen how the hunchbacks and their 
friends protect themselves by imitating 
balls of dirt, bits of straw, fungi, and 
other things. 
Almost all spiders have learned the 
tricks that Seton Thompson tells us 
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