. Talks to children . r children must not know every-thing. XXXVIISILK ** Silkworm on the mulberry a silken robe for me;Draw the threads out fine and yet, and very long;Longer yet — t wUl not be doneTill a thousand more are , turn this mulberry treeInto silken threads for me! All day long and many a silkworms spin away;Some are ending, some thinking of but spinning!Well for them! Like silver the threads are smooth and bright;Pure as day the silk must from the mulberry tree! Ye are spinning well and fast;T will b
. Talks to children . r children must not know every-thing. XXXVIISILK ** Silkworm on the mulberry a silken robe for me;Draw the threads out fine and yet, and very long;Longer yet — t wUl not be doneTill a thousand more are , turn this mulberry treeInto silken threads for me! All day long and many a silkworms spin away;Some are ending, some thinking of but spinning!Well for them! Like silver the threads are smooth and bright;Pure as day the silk must from the mulberry tree! Ye are spinning well and fast;T will be finished all at thousand threads are drawnFiner than the finest lawn;And as long this silken the equinoctial line!What a change! the mulberry treeTurneth into silk for me! Mart Howitt, The Silkworm. WE decided the other day that all our clothingcame either from plants or from animals. Canyou remember anything that we wear that comes fromanimals, and any things that come from plants? Which £^8. POLYPHEMUS MOTH AND COCOON SILK of these came from countries that are cold all the year?[Flax.] And which from countries that are warm? [Cot-ton.] Now what do you suppose gives us the silk foryour ribbons and dresses? Would you like to knowwhere it lives? [Show a picture of the Polyphemus mothand caterpillar.] We will look under the oak, chestnut, orbeech tree some sunny day in September, and we mayfind a great, beautiful, pale-green caterpillar. I knowyou will agree with me that you have never seen a pret-tier color and never knew that a worm or caterpillarcould be so pretty. If we do find one we will bring it home and put it in abox where it cannot get out but will have plenty of lightand air; and watch it. We must be sure and bring homeplenty of leaves of the tree under or on which we find it,and give it a fresh supply every day, until some time itwill spin itself a warm covering and sleep; perhaps ailwinter. If we do not find the caterpillar under the treewe
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