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LITTLE FOLKS 
A LONG TONGUE. 
Wouldn't you think yours was a long tongue, if it was as long 
as your whole body ? Well, odd as it seems, there is a little fellow 
who lives in Africa, with just such a tongue, and you can't imagine 
how useful it is to him. £ 
You see he is a dignified, slow-moving little creature, and he 
lives on insects and such lively game. He could never catch them, 
and might starve to death, only that he can dart out his tongue, as 
quick as a flash, and as long as his body. The end of this droll 
weapon is sticky, and holds fast any unfortunate bug or fly it 
touches. 
The little animal I speak of, is a Chameleon, and his tongue 
isn't the only droll thing about him. His eyes are very curious. 
To begin with, they are very large and round, and stick out like 
big beads on the side of his head. And the funniest thing is, that 
he can turn them different ways so as to see all around him. He 
can turn one up and the other down, or he can turn one forward 
and the other back, and thus see everywhere. It must be a very 
small fly which can escape these sharp eyes. 
And' that isn't all about them. These eyes are covered with 
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