. St. Nicholas [serial] . , a caterpillar. naow, wut 11 he spose you shd spect tickler out thet start aont like THE EYE-LIKE SPOTS(NOT REALLYEYES) OF THESPICE-BUSHBUGABOO. You can find themby unrolling the curledleaves of the spice-bush or sassa-fras-tree. Like nuff you 11 git an aowl er suthin aout on ! Oh, there s nothing to get scared about, I replied,smoothing one of the caterpillars. Ugh! I would nt tech the critter fer a nine-dollar bill! he exclaimed, as he started with a shud-der that fairly electrified his aged being, and almostran back to his cottage door.* A little later
. St. Nicholas [serial] . , a caterpillar. naow, wut 11 he spose you shd spect tickler out thet start aont like THE EYE-LIKE SPOTS(NOT REALLYEYES) OF THESPICE-BUSHBUGABOO. You can find themby unrolling the curledleaves of the spice-bush or sassa-fras-tree. Like nuff you 11 git an aowl er suthin aout on ! Oh, there s nothing to get scared about, I replied,smoothing one of the caterpillars. Ugh! I would nt tech the critter fer a nine-dollar bill! he exclaimed, as he started with a shud-der that fairly electrified his aged being, and almostran back to his cottage door.* A little later the larva changes to achrysalis whichlives throughall the springthere emergesthe well knownblue swallow-tail butterfly. The eye-likespots on thiscaterpillar re-mind one of theeyed-elater.
Size: 1805px × 1384px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookidstnicholasserial292dodg
