"I suppose it is to glue the egg fast, or else to keep the juices in the bush from hurting it."
"Well, this is a curious fly, Uncle Philip."
"It is strange, boys, because you never heard of it before; but it is a cunning fly, as well as a curious one."
"What does it do, Uncle Philip?"
"Why, when it is frightened, it will fold up its case and saws under its body, and draw up its legs, and pretend to be dead; and then it will not move, even if you stick a pin through it."
"Can you tell us any thing more about this fly?"
"Nothing very strange, boys; but we have found out two tools, I think, a saw and a rasp, and that is enough for one poor little fly to give us. Here, boys, are pictures of these saws; I have made them a great deal larger than they are in the fly, so that you can see them plainly."
