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Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
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n fact, it seems to be the only amusement the poorthings have. The largest one on the shell, is generally about as large as acherry cut in half, flat side down, and she is the mother of thegroup. The baby of the family is the size of a pins head,round, and red, and pretty as its Mamma. The rest of the familyare all sizes between the two. But I must tell you about the squirting. To begin with, she draws the sea-water into her mouth—whichis in a funny place, on top of her head. The sea-water is full oftiny atoms of creatures, suitable to eat, and when the Squirter hastaken all the food from the water, she squirts it out again, making avery droll little fountain of herself. She likes squirting so well that she even throws off her babiesin the same way. Comical little dots of jelly drops they are, too.They go up quite high, and where they fall they settle for life.This is their first and last journey. After that they proceed togrow and squirt for the rest of their days. 272 LITTLE FOLKS
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THE SEA LILY. What do you suppose a Sea Lily is,—a Lily that grows in thesea ? Well, it is ; and here is a picture of it. Isnt it pretty, withits graceful feathery petals, and its long flexible stem? IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 273 But it is the oddest flower you ever saw, for it has a mouthand a stomach, and it is, in fact, an animal. Didnt I tell you wedfind wonders in the sea ? The animal consists of two parts, thestem and the head. The stem is merely a series of stony joints,with a small hole through each, in which is some gelatinous matter.The head—or the blossom, as it looks to be—is the true animal.It consists of a sort of stony cup to hold the organs of life, andthe arms. The petals—or arms—are at first five, as you see ; thenthey divide into ten, and sometimes they branch out so as to makemore than a hundred lovely feathery arms, waving about in thewater. Their business, however, is not just to look pretty, but tocatch something to eat. For the Sea Lily has a mouth—as I

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