A QUEER CREATURE.

see! the twinkle stars are falling!” He had caught some star-shaped
snow crystals on his mitten.

The story of the Wolf and the Sun is one of the oldest stories
known and is a hundred times prettier than a hundred others that
have grown out of it. In telling you these many old, old stories of
sun, moon and stars, I have taken the greatest care to give you the best
ever told; and as you read and re-read them you will see that whether
they grew up among Greeks or Hindus, Norse or Arabs, every one
was stamped with a most beautiful, heaven-made feeling which finds
an answering thought in the heart of every child. They are part
of the world’s old story, out of which all good stories grow, the story
of love which makes gods and giants, fairies and children, men and
women forget themselves in doing for others.

Sara E, Wiltse

A OUERER- CREATURE:

F ever there was a queer creature the crabis one. It always moves

sideways. Its two little hind legs are flat and broad like paddles,

and are called “swimmers.” The crab has eight other legs. The two
front legs have each a pair of nippers, with which it catches its food.

Crabs are caught with long-handled nets. In “casting” froma
boat, a piece of meat is tied toa string; ard with a sinker attached
the bait goes to the bottom.

When the string pulls hard the fisherman pulls it up with the crab
hanging to the bait, until near the surface of the water, then gently
pushes the net under the crab and lands it in the boat.

The baby crabs are very small and very queer looking with their
long horns.

When a crab has grown all it can in its shell, it crawls away into
some retired place away from its enemies. A new shell grows, and
the upper shell loosens so that gradually the crab draws itself out of
the old shell. The new shell soon gets hard enough to be a strong
house for it once more. Soft crabs are a dainty food.