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By much effort the hopper loosed one leg and was bidding fair to kick the net to shreds when the spider made another sally and, putting a fresh coating of sticky web around him, rolled him over once or twice more and left him. BY MUCH EFFORT THE HOPPER LOOSED ONE LEG AND WAS BIDDING FAIRER TO KICK THE NET TO SHREDS WHEN THE SPIDER MADE ANOTHER SALLY AND PUTTING A FRESH COATING OF STICKY WEB AROUND HIM ROLLED HIM OVER ONCE OR TWICE MORE AND LEFT HIM
 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. The spot was well selected, the hoppers in the heat of the day finding the heavy shade of the broad nasturtium leaves particularly grateful. Our friend the spider had not long to wait for his breakfast, for presto!--a great, brown-winged hopper flew right into the net. Before he could, with his strong wings and powerful legs, tear the silken gossamer asunder and free himself, like lightning our spider was upon him. In the flash of an eye the grasshopper was actually enshrouded in a sheet of white film of web, and with the utmost rapidity was rolled over and over by the spider, which used its long legs with the utmost dexterity. Wound in his graveyard suit of white silk, the grasshopper became absolutely helpless. His broad wings and sinewy legs were now useless. The spider retreated to the center of the web and watched the throes of his prey. 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 THE SPOT WAS WELL SELECTED THE HOPPERS IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY FINDING THE HEAVY SHADE OF THE BROAD MYSTERIUM LEAVES PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL OUR FRIEND THE SPIDER HAD NOT LONG TO WAIT FOR HIS BREAKFAST FOR PRESTO A GREAT BROWN WINGED HOPPER FLEW RIGHT INTO THE NET BEFORE HE COULD WITH HIS STRONG WINGS AND POWERFUL LEGS TEAR THE SILKEN GOSSAMER ASUNDER AND FREE HIMSELF LIKE LIGHTNING OUR SPIDER WAS UPON HIM IN THE FLASH OF AN EYE THE GRASSHOPPER WAS ACTUALLY ENSHROUDED IN A SHEET OF WHITE FILM OF WEB AND WITH THE UTMOST RAPIDITY WAS ROLLED OVER AND OVER BY THE SPIDER WHICH USED ITS LONG LEGS WITH THE UTMOST DEXTERITY WOUND IN HIS GRAVEYARD SUIT OF WHITE SILK THE GRASSHOPPER BECAME ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS HIS BROAD WINGS AND SINEWY LEGS WERE NOW USELESS THE SPIDER RETREATED TO THE CENTRE OF THE WEB AND WATCHED THE THROES OF HIS PREY
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