Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 326
instance, the lower part of the web is often fastened to aweed. When the wind begins to blow, the weed gently bowsits head, and the danger to the web becomes very great;another bow more lowly than before, and the strands snap,leaving the web flapping like a sail in a wind. The spiderhurries down,… … one little spider*- solved the diffi-culty. It quickly low-ered itself to the ground,and procured a smallchip of wood aroundwhich it fastened athread. It then hung this tothe lower part of the web witha strong silken cable. The effect was wonderful. Itkept the web firm, and yetgave enough to yield…
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