Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 467
THE WONDERFUL MOVING VINE. was the growth ; and as I drew close to the treeI saw that the vine branched just above theground and went climbing up the great trunk andthe branches. It grew more and more slender,until, far up, I could distinguish only a thread-like line of green. As I stood intently… … ANTS CUTTING OFF LEAVES OF THE COTTONWOOD. as long as my little finger nail. Each leaf washeld in the mandibles of an ant in such a way asto conceal the body of the insect, and the antswere coming down the tree. The discovery cameupon me with a shock. I had stumbled on a nestof umbrella-ants. Books…
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