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... and the 66 Ladybird , ladybird , fly away home , Your house is on fire , your children will burn , " are all beetles , and there are many more . They grow from eggs to wingless grubs , which live. 46 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
... and the 66 Ladybird , ladybird , fly away home , Your house is on fire , your children will burn , " are all beetles , and there are many more . They grow from eggs to wingless grubs , which live. 46 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
Page 47
... fire- flies do at night . The great black SCARABEUS plunger beetle is the lord over all water insects . His feet are flattened like oars , so that he can swim or row himself around TUMBLEBUG in his excursions ; but he can also live on ...
... fire- flies do at night . The great black SCARABEUS plunger beetle is the lord over all water insects . His feet are flattened like oars , so that he can swim or row himself around TUMBLEBUG in his excursions ; but he can also live on ...
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... . Weeds choke the seedlings ; tall trees shade them and make them prisoners from the light . Winds beat them to the earth , and floods up- root them . The frost or cold freezes them ; fire burns and 82 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
... . Weeds choke the seedlings ; tall trees shade them and make them prisoners from the light . Winds beat them to the earth , and floods up- root them . The frost or cold freezes them ; fire burns and 82 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
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Elizabeth Virginia Brown. The frost or cold freezes them ; fire burns and destroys them . Other trees or vines choke them or take all the nourishment from the earth . Man comes with ax and saw and clears a place for his house . With all ...
Elizabeth Virginia Brown. The frost or cold freezes them ; fire burns and destroys them . Other trees or vines choke them or take all the nourishment from the earth . Man comes with ax and saw and clears a place for his house . With all ...
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... The long flower stalks are dried and used for thatching houses . Fence wood and fire wood are also furnished by the dried stalks . The Mexicans are very fond of a wine called pulque 86 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
... The long flower stalks are dried and used for thatching houses . Fence wood and fire wood are also furnished by the dried stalks . The Mexicans are very fond of a wine called pulque 86 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
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