Healthy living . Its too bad, answeredfeelingly. I have hada hard time, too. Ihave been looking allday for a good placeto lay my eggs so thatmy babies could growup happily, and if youwill believe it, I couldnot find a single swamp behind the j^. ,^ ,., ,,, ,^ ^ Fig. 72.—Mrs. Fly and Mrs. Mosquito barn has been drained, decide that CleanviUe is no place and there is a tight for on the rain barrel, and these wretched Boy Scoutshave even taken away the old tins by the fence at theend of the orchard, which used to be full of water afterevery rain. Life is very diffi
Healthy living . Its too bad, answeredfeelingly. I have hada hard time, too. Ihave been looking allday for a good placeto lay my eggs so thatmy babies could growup happily, and if youwill believe it, I couldnot find a single swamp behind the j^. ,^ ,., ,,, ,^ ^ Fig. 72.—Mrs. Fly and Mrs. Mosquito barn has been drained, decide that CleanviUe is no place and there is a tight for on the rain barrel, and these wretched Boy Scoutshave even taken away the old tins by the fence at theend of the orchard, which used to be full of water afterevery rain. Life is very difficult nowadays. Yes, and its all the fault of those same Boy Scouts,broke in her friend, still bursting with found some of my brothers and sisters feeding quietly and peaceablyin the manure told their fatherabout it, and now hekeeps the manure ina tight bin. Andthey have cleaned upthe rubbish pile atthe end of the gar-. 192 HEALTHY LIVING den. Mrs. Mosquito, this is no place for a poorinsect to get a living any longer. Let us move tothe next town and see if things are not betterthere. ^I believe you are right, said Mrs. Mosquito. Ibelieve you are right. Cleanville has no attraction forinsects any longer. We will leave it to the humanbeings, and we will carry our malaria and typhoid germsto some other place, where the people are kinder andmore hospitable. So they flew off together through the twilight; buteverybody else in Clean ville said that the Boy Scoutshad been doing a good summers work. Questions for Discussion and Review 1. What stages does the fly pass through before it becomesfull-grown? 2. What harm may a fly do by walking over a slice of breadon the table? 3. In some neighborhoods there are always a great many fliesin summer, and in others there are scarcely any. What do yousuppose is the reason for this? 4. How does a fly trap work? ,^ 5. Why does malaria occur in swampy regions? 6. Throu
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