Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 104
a neighboring reed until he is well out of water.Soon the skin splits down the back of the thorax anda wonderful transformation commences. Wings, legs,and all but the tip of the abdomen are thrust out fromthe dull covering. Then, exhausted by his tremendousefforts, the insect falls backward,… … V
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