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For examnle. snails can vo far from their hiding places and yet and their way home by some Kina of remarkable in stinct" A snail which weighs less man half an ounce can actually, draz more than a pound of weight oyer a smooth surface! And a snail can walk across the edge of the sharpest razor witnout cutting itself. There are really two big those with groups of snails shells and those without Snails that live in shells have a coiled I Maaoes-THATWA- .1S . body which fits into the coil of the , shell. When danger threatens, they, can pull their body ' entirely within the shell Some snails that live in shells seal up the doors of their houses with a slimy substance. This and the snail lives hardens sealed up in the shell through a dry period which might otherwise kill it. The snails without shells are called slugs. Their bodies are soft, but quite , tough. These snails are straight, not coiled, and are less than an inch long. Snails multiply by laying eggs. Those that live on land hatch out of these eggs as little snails. Those that live in the 'i r fir f m NINE-CEN- T Today In - r hZiA r MARY WORTH II I I .. LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE mm'- ' yr in 7 Mjt L SB mmii "J 1 " mmmmm umtMdt Ml - JHilO, JULLL T. . History mif WORD PUZZLE "EjZ water JiatclTout as very tiny creatures that " go swimming about in the water, and later on develop into snails. A snail is not born with its shelL It builds it up, adding one v : coil after another as it grows. i i The coils are built up from the ' ' front opening, and the snail ' BROOKS PICK JACKSON" TWiNS keeps adding them as it grows I I I AN MV ) BUT NOV YnO.KIP, NAW. I WlWTEt? YSAME WITH MY and needs more room. ' -- r" .cvmAni'n NINETY-TH- E MOUNTAIN OF PRICE I THAT'S I HAVE FOUND OUT I TO UNDERSELL How does a snail move forWHERE I MATTRESSES YOU EVEN IF T MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE THADNTGNEN HIM A )flftRSARE YOU'RE , USED CABS J OVERj LCJST AW SHIRT LSALE STOPPED TO LISTEN TO EACH( LOWER PRICE THAN ward? 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When should you ride a benefactor of Columbus' Voyage backwards? 2. , What to the new world was born on horse comes from brown cows? 3. this day in 1461. What did the pig say when the On this day in history: farmer caught him by the tail? In 1889, 20,000 homesteaders Answers 1. When massed along the border of the 'you want to see Oklahoma territory awaiting where you've been. 2. Chocothe sipal that would usher in late milk. 3. This Is the end of the Oklahoma land rush. " me. . Plural of ox. 7. Sir Isaac , . 9. Fourteenth letter. 10. Small i I J N lr whirlpools. 15..... and fro. 18. North America (abbr.). ' 17. Street (abbr.. 18. North Da7 kota (abbr.). DOWN; 1. Type of hats 1 A chopping tool 3. fy 1 it In. jii Not old. 4. A small insect 5. Girl's name. 8. The Pacific .... 1 TT" " i j 11. There's always one over an 12.' The fourth letter. 13. 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