. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. 14 THE BUTTERFLY CHAPTER III. FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES. EVER A L weeks after the first hunt for the Antiopa, Tom and Hal, together with Hal's cousin, Johnny Webb, started off one bright May morning to hunt for the small yellow butterflies, which Mr. Benedict had said they would find flying about in the sunny fields. It was yet too early in the morning for butterflies to be out, for they keep very quiet until the sun has dried the dew from the grass and flowers, so that they can fly without fear of injuri
. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. 14 THE BUTTERFLY CHAPTER III. FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES. EVER A L weeks after the first hunt for the Antiopa, Tom and Hal, together with Hal's cousin, Johnny Webb, started off one bright May morning to hunt for the small yellow butterflies, which Mr. Benedict had said they would find flying about in the sunny fields. It was yet too early in the morning for butterflies to be out, for they keep very quiet until the sun has dried the dew from the grass and flowers, so that they can fly without fear of injuring their delicate wings. But the boys had started off early to have a hunt for flowers and moss for Rose to arrange in her vases. They crossed the road in front of Mr. Merton's house, and climbed over the wall into the pasture. A lot of sleek, sober-looking cows were nipping the short green grass, and lifted their noses with a good-morning sniff as the boys passed. "Let 's walk all round by the wall," said Johnny, "and when we get to the farther corner, where the nut-trees are, we '11 climb over into the Birch-grove. Early Saxi- frage grows there, and I told Rose I 'd bring her home a bunch of ;. 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 Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899. Boston, Ticknor and Fields
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