Very good indeed, John. Now I will tell you something. The Orthoptera all have mouth parts made to bite with. They do not bite anything but what they eat, however. They are quite harmless so far as we are concerned.
The young Orthoptera look like the old ones, only they have no wings. They hatch out of the egg with a head, a six-legged thorax, and an abdomen.
Now, come, let us look at all of our orthopterous friends again, cockroaches first.
How do they get about, John?
Yes, indeed, they run, the rascals. They run fast too. They are flat and their six legs are very much alike. They are well built for running and hiding in cracks.
Suppose we call them the Running Orthoptera.
He does not run very much. How is he different from the others?
Ah, yes, he has big front legs, and little Nell says he grabs things with them.