The Life of the Grasshopper

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The Life of the Grasshopper
J H Fabre
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Everybody knows the way to bring the skulker out. You insert a straw and move it gently about the burrow. Surprised at what is happening above, tickled and teased, the Cricket ascends from his secret apart- ment; he stops in the passage, hesitates and enquires into things by waving his delicate antennae; he comes to the light and, once outside, he is easy to catch, so greatly have events puzzled his poor head. Should he be missed at the first attempt, he may become more suspicious and obstinate
...ly resist the titillation of the straw. In that case, we can flood him out with a glass of water.
O those adorable times when we used to cage our Crickets and feed them on a leaf of lettuce, those childish hunting-trips along the grassy paths ! They all come back to me to-day, as I explore the burrows in search of subjects for my studies; they appear to me almost in their pristine freshness when my companion, little Paul, already an expert in 3" The Life of the Grasshopper the tactical use of the straw, springs up sud- denly, after a long trial of skill and pa- tience with the recalcitrant, and, brandishing his closed hand in the air, cries, excitedly: " I've got him, I've got him!


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