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Title: The Insect Folk

Author: Margaret Warner Morley

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The Insect Folk

BY

MARGARET WARNER MORLEY

AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS"
"LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR_

BOSTON, U.S.A.
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
1903

COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY
MARGARET WARNER MORLEY

_All rights reserved_

A WORD TO THE CHILDREN

DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go
and watch them. Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find
out something new. Books will help you, but you must watch, too. Look
more than you read.

If you need to catch them, put them under a tumbler, and feed them and
give them a drop of water every day to drink. Slip a card under the rim
of the tumbler on one side so as to let in the air. If you do not know
what to feed them, or if they will not eat, let them go after a day or
two.

If you wish to kill an injurious insect, do it _quickly and completely_.
Remember the insects are alive, and we should not make them suffer
unnecessarily.

Of course you must try to make your captives feel at home. If they live
in the sand, put sand in the tumbler and tie a piece of netting over the
top so they cannot escape.

If they live in the water, put them in a tumbler of water. And when you
have secured your captives, watch them as much as you can.

If you do not know how to pronounce the words in this book, study the
glossary at the back and it will help you.

I hope you will have a very happy time getting acquainted with your
little insect neighbors.

MARGARET WARNER MORLEY.

BOSTON,
April 18, 1903.

CONTENTS
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OUR PRETTY DRAGON FLIES