Yes, little Nell, I should like to find some too; they must be cunning little things.
They eat and grow and moult, and eat and grow and moult, until they are grown up.
There are a good many species of walking sticks in the world, particularly in hot countries; and to their family belong the longest of known insects, some being nearly a foot long. Just imagine a walking stick a foot long!
And some of them are quite prettily colored, though certain species are not pleasant to handle, as they give forth a bad-smelling milky fluid when disturbed.
They are gentle little folk, all of them, and move slowly about over the leaves and twigs, not wishing to harm any living thing.
Some members of the walking stick family have wings, and these are even more curious than those that have none.
Their wings and legs are flattened to look like leaves, so that it is very difficult to find them among the foliage.
Yes, May, they are also the color of the leaves they live among.
Here is a picture of one that will give some idea of these strange little people.