. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. hroughthe water. Heres- another curious littlefellow, who lives in two shells. Hebelongs to the Cock e family. Ycusee in this picture the little fellcwwho lives there is at heme, and his(curious foot is stuck out. He hasbut one foot,, but that is as manyas he wants. I dont suppose hewould know what to do with lives in. the sand and mud, justunder the water on the sea-shore,and that odd little foot is a veryuseful organ,buries himselfhe thrusts the into the sand, and then, contracting it into a kind of a hook, thewhole animal is
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. hroughthe water. Heres- another curious littlefellow, who lives in two shells. Hebelongs to the Cock e family. Ycusee in this picture the little fellcwwho lives there is at heme, and his(curious foot is stuck out. He hasbut one foot,, but that is as manyas he wants. I dont suppose hewould know what to do with lives in. the sand and mud, justunder the water on the sea-shore,and that odd little foot is a veryuseful organ,buries himselfhe thrusts the into the sand, and then, contracting it into a kind of a hook, thewhole animal is drawn a little way into the earth. Another jerk,and he goes farther in, and so he goes on till he is entirely buried,with the exception of a tube, which he keeps cut to breathethrough. But that is not the only use of the foot. He can leap with it,and has been known to jump out of a boat after he was do this he bends his foot into a hook, presses it firmly againstthe board or ground, and straightening it out with a jerk, away hegoes like a is a By means of it hein the sand. First,foot as far as he can 323 LITTLE FOLKS Cockles are much sought after to eat, and the fishermen canalways find them, no matter how cunningly they are hidden underthe sand, by the tiny fountains made by the water, which theyspurt out through their tubes. There are two hundred kinds of Cockles known, and all ofthem are much admired for their beauty. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 329
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