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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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^f^^^l^f c,; Heres the picture of another Grasshopper I want to tell youabout, which has been found in New Guinea. It is called the GreatShielded Grasshopper, and a strange fellow he is. He is not avery lively creature ; but he does not need speed, for he looks somuch like the leaves that no one would suspect him to be aninsect. In the first place, his wins;s—which are more than nine inchesacross when open—are exactly like two green leaves, beautifullyveined like a genuine leaf, and of the shining green color of manytropica) leaves. Then over the back, beginning at the top of thehead, he carries what appears to be another leaf, and frrv-i whichhe is named. It is two inches and a half long, of a stiff, horny 200 LITTLE FOLKS consistency. The edges are notched like a leaf, and there is afaint line through the middle, like a leaf. In fact, you may almostput your hand on him before you find out that he isnt a little bunchof three leaves, but a big Grasshopper. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 201
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THE LITTLE MASKER. This strange personage—whose picture you see here—beginslife at the bottom of a pond, in the shape of the left hand figure.His name, in the big books is—is—as long as he is, and not halfso pretty, so well leave it there. He always wears a mask; indeed, he would not know how to livewithout it, for it is in his possession when he first finds himself inthe world, and he never parts with it for an instant till—but wait,I havent got to that yet. The name you know him by is Dragon Fly, or Devils DarningNeedle, or Horse Stinger. Dragon Fly is a suitable name, for noDragon ever was a greater monster to eat than this same fellow.But the other names are simply ridiculous, for he could not sting ifhe tried, and as for sewing up your ears—as country children sayhe will—it is too absurd to deny. 202 LITTLE FOLKS However, all this is when he has grown up to be a Dragon Fly.He begins—as I said—a curious little fellow with six legs and nowings, and his home is at

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