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At last the trap was set and, hastening to the center, he quickly covered the point with web after web, until he had a smooth, solid floor with an opening that allowed the tenant to occupy either side of the house at will. AT LAST THE TRAP WAS SET AND HASTENING TO THE CENTRE HE QUICKLY COVERED THE POINT WITH WEB AFTER WEB UNTIL HE HAD A SMOOTH SOLID FLOOR WITH AN OPENING THAT ALLOWED THE TENANT TO OCCUPY EITHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE AT WILL
out his web and, stretching the spoke towards the preceding one, bring the fresh-spun web in contact with it and then exude upon the jointure an atom of fresh web, which immediately cemented the two parts, when the spoke settled back into place, pulling the cross web straight and taut. The process of house-building continued uninterruptedly, every movement of the spider producing some result. No useless steps were taken, and as the work progressed the uniformity of the work was simply amazing; every square, every cross piece, was placed exactly in the same relative position as to distance, etc. A micrometer seemingly would not have shown the deviation of .000001 of an inch between any two of the squares. When the web was three-fourths finished a lusty grasshopper went blundering up against one of the yet uncovered spokes of the web and escaped. The spider noticed this and visibly increased his efforts and sped from spoke to spoke, trailing his never ending film of silky web behind him.  STRETCHING THE SPOKE TOWARDS THE PRECEDING ONE BRING THE FRESH SPUN WEB IN CONTACT WITH IT AND THEN EXUDE UPON THE JOINTURE AN ATOM OF FRESH WEB WHICH IMMEDIATELY CEMENTED THE TWO PARTS WHEN THE SPOKE SETTLED BACK INTO PLACE PULLING THE CROSS WEB STRAIGHT AND TAUT THE PROCESS OF HOUSE BUILDING CONTINUED UNINTERRUPTEDLY EVERY MOVEMENT OF THE SPIDER PRODUCING SOME RESULT NO USELESS STEPS WERE TAKEN AND AS THE WORK PROGRESSED THE UNIFORMITY OF THE WORK WAS SIMPLY AMAZING EVERY SQUARE EVERY CROSS PIECE WAS PLACED EXACTLY IN THE SAME RELATIVE POSITION AS TO DISTANCE ET CETERA A MICROMETER SEEMINGLY WOULD NOT HAVE SHOWN THE DEVIATION OF POINT ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE OF AN INCH BETWEEN ANY TWO OF THE SQUARES WHEN THE WEB WAS THREE FOURTHS FINISHED A LUSTY GRASSHOPPER WENT BLUNDERING UP AGAINST ONE OF THE YET UNCOVERED SPOKES OF THE WEB AND ESCAPED THE SPIDER NOTICED THIS AND VISIBLY INCREASED HIS EFFORTS AND SPED FROM SPOKE TO SPOKE TRAILING HIS NEVER ENDING FILM OF SILKY WEB BEHIND HIM
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