. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 341 which has been so lovingly described by one of her naturalists,that I must tell you about it, just to show you how much beautycan be packed in an atom of a shell, no bigger than a pea. Tobegin with, the shell is covered with ridges, alternately coloredwhite and flesh color. The foot is twice the size of the shell, andis of a pale orange color. The mantle which turns up over theshell is of a light yellow color, spotted with black, and having aborder of red. Its proboscis is red also, as are its tentacles, whicha
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 341 which has been so lovingly described by one of her naturalists,that I must tell you about it, just to show you how much beautycan be packed in an atom of a shell, no bigger than a pea. Tobegin with, the shell is covered with ridges, alternately coloredwhite and flesh color. The foot is twice the size of the shell, andis of a pale orange color. The mantle which turns up over theshell is of a light yellow color, spotted with black, and having aborder of red. Its proboscis is red also, as are its tentacles, whichare also specked with yellow. There, isnt that a gorgeous crea-ture to come out of a crack in a shell no bigger than a pea! Cowries are used for ornaments the world over. We putthem in our cabinets, and cut them into cameos, while the peopleon the Asiatic coast make bracelets, collars, head-dresses, orna-ments for boxes and harnesses of them. The New Zealanderswear them on the neck, and some African tribes adorn their hairwith Here is another shell, not exactly a Cowry, but the next thingto it, and so near like it that you and I can hardly find anydifference. It is called the Poached Egg, because in size andcolor it looks very much like a nicely poached egg, as it reposes ona slice of toast. The picture is the size of life. 312 LITTLE FOLKS HOW THEY ALL GET ON. How do all these creatures get on ? Why, on their feet, didyou say ? Well, to be sure some of them do. Theres your cat!She goes on her feet, and has twice as many as you, besides. But how about the fishes ? They have no feet, but you needntpity them ; they can get on ever so much faster than you can. Then theres the snake family! They have no feet to walk,and no fins to swim. They dont lie still, though; they walk ontheir ribs. Thats funny, but true for all that. And theres the grasshopper! He neither walks, nor swims,nor crawls, but hes a prince of hoppers. I cant tell you how many ways there are in which living c
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