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Nature readers

Chapter 24: LESSON XVI.
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The text comprises a series of short lessons written for beginning readers that present clear, verified observations of seaside and wayside animals. It describes the appearance, anatomy, homes, and behaviors of crabs, wasps, bees, spiders, and shellfish, explains life cycles, feeding, defense, and human uses, and offers simple accounts of nests, burrows, and tides. Language and paragraphing are kept elementary to teach reading while encouraging close observation and respect for living creatures. Exercises and brief reviews reinforce learning and invite children and teachers to continue field study beyond the book.

LESSON XVI.

REVIEW.

Where, and how, does Mr. Crab make his house? Where are Mr. Crab’s bones?

Where are yours? Will you tell me how Mr. Crab gets on his new coat?

Tell me some of the kinds of crabs that you know of. What do crabs eat?

Why does one kind of crab steal a shell? Tell me about a crab’s eyes.

How is the crab made, which likes to swim on the deep sea? What is a sea tide?

How many tides are there each day? How do little crabs grow?

Where do crabs hide, when they are afraid? What animals catch and eat crabs?

Of what use are crabs? Did I tell you that some crabs eat sea-weed?

What is a wasp? How many legs and wings has Mrs. Wasp?

How is her body made? Why do her two wings on each side seem one?

Tell me what kind of houses wasps build. What can wasps make?

How do baby wasps grow? Tell me how wasps make paper.

What else do you know about crabs and wasps? What can you say about a wasp’s sting?

How does the wasp eat?