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LITTLE FOLKS 
THE HOUSE BUILDER. 
And a tremendous house it is, too. Look at it hanging down 
from that branch, with its owner half out of the door. It is built 
of scraps of mud and leaves, bound together by silk threads. 
So fond is the Caterpillar of its house that it sometimes spends 
the whole of its life in it. It is very convenient, for it is so light it 
