Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 523
ne me for yourself. If you do,I am certain that the more minutely you look, themore wonderful you will consider me. I have been a full-grown moth for a few days,and, as yet, have enjoyed myself very much. Ourinsect life is very different from your life. Wehave no brain with which to think and learn… … FIG. 9.—SCALES FROM WINGS OF MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. sting us. We find plenty to eat and drink, with-out working for it; never need clothes; have noanxious thought for the future, as you may when grown up; and cannot imagine what death is, andtherefore do not fear it. Our life is one long.)happy…
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