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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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liked that they are kept in cages. I dont suppose you ever heard that these funny little blackfellows, belong to the same family as the grasshoppers and locusts,and that they also have four wings. And more than that, they havefive bright yellow eyes, two large and three small ones. I think itmust be that they can see too well, for they dont like the light atall, and always run to their holes if one is brought into the room. They are very fond of water, and will even eat up damp clothesif they get a chance. Sometimes they seem to get tired of livingin one house, or perhaps they catch the moving mania from thepeople they live with. At any rate, whatever the reason, they willsuddenly desert a house, going off in crowds to find a new home. There have been* many superstitions about the innocent littlefellows. Many think they bring good luck to a house, and othersthink they can tell what is going to happen in a family. (If theycan, I never heard of their telling anybody.)*3 191 LITTLE FOLKS
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The Field Cricket is another of the family, that livesin holes in every garden or field. Hes too much afraid of mento live on the hearth. In some things though, hes a droll creature. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 195 He is very pugnacious, and inFrance, boys catch him, by stick-ing a straw or bit of grass intohis hole. He will come ragingout, and is easily caught. Per-haps he is too much surprised toresist. Here is a picture of him.Their greatest delight is tosit in their doors and sing,which they do all through theSummer. Each one lives byhimself, and Im sorry to saythey are very quarrelsome, and defend their houses by very hard battles. Their fighting is no joke either, small and harmless as they seem. They have strong jaws and sharp fangs, and know how to use them. If you wish to enjoy the music of a Field Cricket in your house, it is said that you can keep them alive and happy in a paper■;, if you put plants in it, and keep them well wet, for you must be sure and remember that theyre lik

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