asleep. Suddenly there was a little crackling sound.The little grub awoke. What is happening?he cried. I am cracking in two. Sure enough, a long crack showed down hisback; then his outside skin opened. Why, myclothes are coming off, he cried. Slowly hepulled himself out. How strange! Instead… … Suddenly one lighted on a leaf near him about him. Was this the world--this place ofdazzling sunshine, blue sky, and wonderful greatgreen plants, a hundred times as large as anywater-weed? Around him were darting wonder-ful creatures slender and delicate like himself.Suddenly one lighted on a leaf…
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