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On the front part of its body it has three pairs of legs, like a caterpillar's, only they are very small; but behind, it has no legs at all. ON THE FRONT PART OF ITS BODY IT HAS THREE PAIRS OF LEGS LIKE A CATERPILLARS ONLY THEY ARE VERY SMALL BUT BEHIND IT HAS NO LEGS AT ALL
nything else. I am sure, at least, that he would have scarcely any potatoes.” “Oh! but why wouldn’t he?” said Tommy Smith. “I will explain it to you,” said the rook. “So now listen, because you are going to learn something. There is an insect which you must often have seen, for it is very common in the springtime. It is about the size of a very large humble-bee, and it has wings too, but you would not think it had at first, for they are hidden under a pair of smooth, brown covers, which are called shards. In the daytime it sits upon a tree or a bush, or sometimes you may see it crawling along a dusty road. But in the evening it begins to fly about with a humming noise. This insect is called the cockchafer. The mother cockchafer lays her eggs in the ground, and, after a few weeks, there comes out of each egg something which you would not think was a cockchafer at all, because it is so different. It has a yellow head and a long white body, which is bent at the end in the shape of a hook. FARMER WOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE CORN OR ANYTHING ELSE I AM SURE AT LEAST THAT HE WOULD HAVE SCARCELY ANY POTATOES OH BUT WHY WOULDN'T HE SAID TOMMY SMITH I WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU SAID THE ROOK SO NOW LISTEN BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING THERE IS AN INSECT WHICH YOU MUST OFTEN HAVE SEEN FOR IT IS VERY COMMON IN THE SPRING TIME IT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A VERY LARGE HUMBLE BEE AND IT HAS WINGS TOO BUT YOU WOULD NOT THINK IT AT FIRST FOR THEY ARE HIDDEN UNDER A PAIR OF SMOOTH BROWN COVERS WHICH ARE CALLED SHARPS IN THE DAYTIME IT SITS UPON A TREE OR A BUSH OR SOMETIMES YOU MAY SEE IT CRAWLING ALONG A DUSTY ROAD BUT IN THE EVENING IT BEGINS TO FLY ABOUT WITH A HUMMING NOISE THIS INSECT IS CALLED THE COCKCHAFER THE MOTHER COCKCHAFER LAYS HER EGGS IN THE GROUND AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS THERE COMES OUT OF EACH EGG SOMETHING WHICH YOU WOULD NOT THINK WAS A COCKCHAFER AT ALL BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFERENT IT HAS A YELLOW HEAD AND A LONG WHITE BODY WHICH IS BENT AT THE END IN THE SHAPE OF A HOOK
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