[15] The whole story is told in the famous book, "[The Mason Bee]," by Henri Fabre. He was the teacher.
[16] The boys were a great help. You ought to see what Fabre himself says about them in that famous book of his.
[17] You've often noticed them, haven't you? Now read Fabre's wonderful book and see how much you didn't notice.
[18] "And that's once too many," as the old farmer said; and we must agree with him when we think only of the damage they do.
[19] One of my friends in the faculty of the University of Chicago tells me there are still a good many armadillos in Texas.
[20] Isn't that the way a toad swallows an angleworm? Or how does he do it?
[21] Observers find that flamingoes can be successfully approached by putting on the skin of a cow or a horse.
[23] "Admire," in those days, meant "to wonder at."
[24] By the way, the funny thing is that, while the bacteria that live on roots of the legumes are plants and not animals, most of them do move about.