Charlie says he thinks the grasshopper's legs are as good as a whole box of tools.
So they are, and you have not yet heard all they can do.
The funniest is to come.
Mr. Grasshopper sings his song with his hind legs!
He rubs the inside of his femurs against the outside of his wings.
There is a row of very fine spines down the inside of the femur for the use of the little fiddler.
He scrapes away with these on his wing covers.
Yes, Ned, his femur is his violin bow, and his wing cover is his violin.
The noise he makes does not sound much like a violin, little Nell thinks.
No, indeed, it does not.