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Show WW Daddy'? SMf?d Eveiii fairy Tale MANY EYES "Well," said the caterpillar, "spring Is the beautiful lime of the year when the Unworn burst into bloom, the buds open, the leaves begin to appear, liut-terllie.s liut-terllie.s and crysalls creatures follow. "Ah, the spring Is wondrous." "Well, neither of us think much of tho wlnler," said the Jumping spider, "for both of us sleep In the winter. "I got nil ready for my sleep last autumn." "So dlil 1," said the caterpillar. "I I fuss a good deal before I am all ready. I have to see that I am safe and fcft- j cure from other creatures who might , disturb my winter's nap. I "1 do some Interesting things, you ' know." j '"Tell me about them," said the Jumping spider politely. "I belong to the family of caterpillars cater-pillars which weaves Its own chrysalis cases out of hairs and wool from Us summer coals. "Some of i lie families find some silk which they have grown within themselves them-selves which they use." I "Sounds very strange to me," said : the Jumping spider. ' "It does sound strange," said the cnterplllnr, "but It Is true." "I am glad to hear about you," said the jumping spider. , "I have told you about myself, and now I must nap a little longer before I get up and get ready for the beautiful beau-tiful spring. "I am not quite, quite awake yet, but I have begun to stir and Boon, very soon, I will be very, very wide awake. "But Just before I take one more little nap, won't you tell me about yourself, Jumping Spider, for I am sure you must be Interesting? "In fact I know you are Interesting,, Interest-ing,, And I would like to hear your The Flowers Burst Into Bloom. story before we both leave each other entirely. "It is strange that we should have chosen our winter home so near each other. "Hurry and tell your story, for I see you are really wide nwake." "Why wouldn't I be pretty wide awake with all the eyes I have?" asked the jumping spider. "All the eyes?" repeated the caterpillar. cater-pillar. "Yes," said the jumping spider, "my name and the fact that I can jump amounts to very little when you think of my eves." "I will think of your eyes, but tell me more about them so 1 can think more," said the caterpillar. "I have been In this closely woven tent," said t lie jumping spider, "as you can see. "It is here I have stayed al! winter. win-ter. As you see, I have a good broad nose. 1 would hate to have a little narrow nose, or, in short, any other nose than the one I have." "It is nice to be satisfied," said the caterpillar. "Both nice and sensible," said the Jumping spider. "Pray continue." urged the caterpillar. cater-pillar. "My eyes are very small in size, and they look like little beads," continued the jumping spider. "But it makes no difference If they are small, for I have several pairs of eyes. I have. "I feel very sorry for creatures who have only one pair of eyes. And so, you see, when I become wide awake I become very wide, for I have so many eyes to open. "Ah me, ah my, It is fine to be a jumping spider witli many eyes, several sev-eral pairs of eyes at least, and to wake up in the spring after a good, long, refreshing sleep," ended the jumping spider. |