. Stories of humble friends . Animal behavior. Ant, come out here," it buzzed. " I've such a joke to tell ; The little ant stuck its head up from the hill. " Such a joke ! That caterpillar we were watch- ing has finished its house, and has forgotten to leave any door," and the bee buzzed very hard. " That is too bad, " said the ant; " I'm afraid it will starve to ; But the caterpillar did not die. It was not even hungry. It was fast asleep in its little cocoon house. While it slept the sun shone or the rain beat, but the little house let i
. Stories of humble friends . Animal behavior. Ant, come out here," it buzzed. " I've such a joke to tell ; The little ant stuck its head up from the hill. " Such a joke ! That caterpillar we were watch- ing has finished its house, and has forgotten to leave any door," and the bee buzzed very hard. " That is too bad, " said the ant; " I'm afraid it will starve to ; But the caterpillar did not die. It was not even hungry. It was fast asleep in its little cocoon house. While it slept the sun shone or the rain beat, but the little house let in neither sun nor rain. It was snug and dark. If anyone had opened the cocoon now he would have found a won- derful thing. Inside the hard, gray outside shell was a lining as soft as silk, and still inside of this was something—what was it ? Not a caterpillar; not a moth either, though if one looked carefully one could see what looked like tiny wings folded closely down each side of folded legs, and the shape of feathery antennae such as moths. Cocoon cut open. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pyle, Katharine, d. 1938. New York : American Book Co.
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