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 lettuce leaf or two. He soon began to eat them up, and seemed as happy as possible. Every day little Bobby fed the woolly bear with a fresh leaf, till at last he gave up eating, and it was no use giv- ing him any more; he could not be tempt- ed by ever so fresh a leaf. Soon after this he began to spin, fas- tening his silky threads to the side of the box. Little Bobby now began to think that what his father had said was all true and not a joke, so he kept watching until the woolly bear was completely covered. For some weeks the web did not alter its appearance. One morning, before little