These worms by the sea serve as food for many fish and other creatures. You know that nearly all fish like to eat worms, and that they are used for bait. The boy who knew nothing else about worms knew they made good bait.
He would have been full of wonder if I had told him that large worms are used for food by men in some parts of the world. In this country we do not make use of such food.
FOOTNOTES:
[11] First Book, Lesson XXXIX.
[12] First Book, Lesson XXXVI.
LESSON XV.
MR. WORM AT HOME.
Baby worms are just like the parent worms, only smaller, and with not so many rings. As they grow, they get more rings by the dividing of the last one.
In some kinds of soil the wee worms are born in a little hard skin bag. This keeps them from harm, until they get strong enough to take care of themselves.
Mr. Worm’s home is like a row of long halls. These halls are lined with a kind of glue from the worm’s body. This glue makes the walls firm.