The Life of the Spider
Excerpt: ...lying flat on the ceiling of her nest, the mother never leaves her guard-room, either by night or day. Seeing her look so thin and wrinkled, I imagine that I can please her by bringing her a provision of Bees, as I was wont to do. I have misjudged her needs. The Bee, hitherto her favourite dish, tempts her no longer. In vain does the prey buzz close by, an easy capture within the cage: the watcher does not shift from her post, takes no notice of the windfall. She lives exclusively upon maternal devotion, a commendable but unsubstantial fare. And so I see her pining away from day to day, becoming more and more wrinkled. What is the…
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- ISBN: 978-1-77045-259-6
- EAN: 9781770452596
- Produktnummer: 14785350
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 68 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.4 cm 152 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 152
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