Dragon-flies, katydids, the funny back-swimmers and little Mrs. Shore Bug — Morley walks children through the insect world by asking them to go and LOOK: “books will help you, but you must watch, too.”

The Cheery Cricket People

2 pages in this part of The Insect Folk.

The Cheery Cricket People (CHIRP chirp)

Chirp! chirp! من Ah, listen to that cheery song. It is the cricket on the hearth singing thus gayly.

The Cheery Cricket People (Yes May it is because)

Yes, May, it is because the crickets are then fullgrown, and have large wing covers. At first, in the early summer, they have no wings, and…

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