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Show Worms. The worm's home is a hole of long halls dug in the ground. These halls are lined with a kind of glue from the worm's body, the glue making the walls firm so they will not fail in. The halls are not very deep underground, under-ground, and when the weather is cold or dry the worms dig deeper. In winter win-ter worms plug up the doors of their houses, and this is done often by dragging into it a plant stem that will fit . it. They carry into their homes leaves and stalks to eat, and they bring out and throw away things which they do not like. Worms usually usu-ally come out of their holes at night or in wet weather. If they get far from their homes they cannot find their way back; then they make a new hole. Each- worn lives alone. In the evening or early morning, or during rain, you will often find worms with their heads stuck out of their doors. They do not come out when the sun is shining bright, as the heat dries worms up very fast and kills them. Birds know the habits of worms and search for them at sunrise or after sunset, or while it is raining. A worm will die in one day in dry air, but will live for weeks under water. Young worms know as well how to build their houses and carry things in and out of them as do old wormj. The American Boy. , |