Show the house fly the eighth grade of the woodward school has been writing essays on the house hy three of which hive been to the editor by the teacher we publish one of them just as written by henry miller as follows in a garbage heap or damp place the old fly lays its eggs hero the lay until the warm sun comes out to tell everything it is time to awake then the small egg starts a lapid change it begins to change in size and shape from the small almost unintelligible telli gible round egg to a long crawling worm which starts to live and eat in their garbage bed here they live for along time growing and getting fatter and stronger all the time next after a long term of this life they turn into the last thing before becoming an adult fly in tins state they do not live so free a life as before becoming an adult fly in this state they do not liv e so tree as before neither doea it eat so much as before after this comes the long period of numerous cli anges first the legs appear second a fine net work or set of wings third and last of all its three parted body is formed soon after this it sheds its outer shin and stands out d careless med elsome adult alv quest of adventure is the alvs next thought and after flying around for awhile it sees its mckim to see what mischief it cm do at this place and it soon alights on a mans bald head after a few minutes exploring it is suddenly put to flight by a large hand suddenly coming upon the scene of action just at tins time the poor trembling fly feels its self hungry but at seeing a consumptive spit on the ground it is relieved to this place the fly next directs its course and after getting all it wants of this its adventurous spirit works again A small try ing to cat hii lunch next attracts the attention of the fly here it goes ag fast ai possible and after loading the spoon with gereg he alies away to some one ele during all the summer the fly lives and lays eggs and when at ladt winter comes its seeks a warm place to all winter so that in the spring it can start a new brood of its medel soine sect |