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Show The Silkworm. The silkworm, which spins or produces pro-duces silk threads, was a native of China, For thousands of years . the Chinese would not allow the eggs of the silkworm to go out of the country. About 550, two monks arc said to havo brought to Europe a few eggs hidden in their canes. . Now It Is quite domesticated domes-ticated and has been so long fed by man that the female is as nearly motionless mo-tionless as If she had no wings, and the male merely flutters wjthout leaving leav-ing the ground. |