Show C S 7 fair a so THE BUGS the potato buss bugs had six legs apiece they had little black feelers and tiny eyes they were yellow and black on the back and blue and brown under neath death they spit a little yellow juice on anyone who took hold of them tor for they said its all right for us os to treat the potatoes badly but it Is a thing for people to have the bad manners to pick us up as though we were little creatures of no importance there were also brick red bugs with black dots on either side these were the little potato bugs while the others were the daddies and the mothers they got on the leaves of the first potato crop and fed off them enting eating they got on an the leaves away at the leaves as hard and as last fast as such tiny creatures could do these little bugs were very anxious to kill the plants and they would have done so if they had had a good headway but they were driven away they went vent to other potatoes though and they met the potato grubs there potato grubs they said what are arc you doing were eating holes hole sInthe in the potatoes said the grubs so they grub and the bug beg said w what hat tun fun it was to enjoy the potatoes and how bow rude farmers were not to want them of course they destroyed potatoes but what did they care about that we never would be invited they said we have to invite ourselves its too bad the farmers dont like us os when w lien we like the potatoes they plant and so the potato bugs and the grubs tried to do all they could to hurt the farmers crop of potatoes and they were so mean about it that they even feel badly that they were so naughty and so unkind to the farmer they enjoyed their bad little ways |