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LITTLE FOLKS 
This gentleman says it is very hard to pull him away from his 
hold. His arms hook down and fasten to anything with as much 
power as though each feathery bit was a claw. 
Here is a picture of the beautiful creature. He is of a bright 
rose color, and about as large as the picture. 
The same gentleman tells us that when resting, the Feather 
Star bends his petals in the form of a letter S. 
The family to which this creature belongs, was once very com- 
mon in the ocean. Whole mountains of marble are found to be 
made entirely of these pretty Stone Lilies, dead and turned to 
s!:one, ages ago. I told you their stems were merely joints, with a 
small hole through each. The arms are made of the same kind of 
joints, and sometimes as many as a hundred and fifty thousand 
