Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 244
as noisyas so many little boys with new drums. Indeed, they do havedrums themselves. Just under their wings are drums made of shinymembrane as beautiful as white silk, and these are kept rattlingalmost all the time. One cicada can make noise enough. but imagine the din ofmilli >ns of them all… … It sounds likea big story to saymillions, but ifyou could go intothe woods wherethey are, youmight be willingto say billions. Ihave counted over a thousand cast-off shells on one small tree, andon one birch leaf I have seen twelve shells. And the earth in someplaces is like a sieve from the holes…
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