. Unter den Wiesenmenschen. An ein Blatt vor ihm geläutet, und dort, um den Rand geguckt, war der Messwurm selbst. Die Blue-bottle Fly ging in Eile, wo die Leute so gutmütig waren, dass er 104 unter den Meadow-Leuten. Konnte gar nichts tun. Er ging thistime zu den Crickets, die er alltogether durch das fette, alte Crickets Loch fand. Ich kam, sagte er, um herauszufinden, ob es wahr war, wie die Wiesenmenschen sagen, dass ihr alle furchtbar erschreckt hattet, als die Kuh kam? Die Crickets antworteten nie ein Wort, aber sie schauten einander an und baten ihn, Fragen zu stellen. Ist es wahr, sagte einer, dass

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. Among the meadow people . ned to a leaf justback of him, and there, peeping around theedge, was the Measuring Worm himself. The Blue-bottle Fly left in a hurry, forwhere people were so good-natured he 104 Among the Meadow People. could do nothing at all. He went thistime to the Crickets, whom he found alltogether by the fat, old Crickets hole. I came, he said, to find out if itwere true, as the meadow people say, thatyou were all dreadfully frightened whenthe Cow came ? The Crickets answered never a word, but they looked at each other and beganasking him questions. Is it true, said one, that you donothing but eat and sleep ? Is it true, said another, that youreyes are used most of the time for seeingother peoples faults ? And is it true, said another, thatwith all the fuss you make, you do littlebut mischief ? The Blue-bottle Fly answered nothing, but started at once for his home in the elderbush, and they say that his three-corneredhead was filled with very different thoughtsfrom any that had been there before.. In this meadow, as inevery other meadow sincethe world began, there weresome people who were al-ways tired of the way thingswere, and thought that, ifthe world were only differ-ent, they would be perfect-ly happy. One of thesediscontented ones was acertain Mosquito, a fellowwith a whining voice anddisagreeable manners. Hehad very little patiencewith people who were notlike him, and thought that105 106 Among the Meadow People. the world would be a much pleasanterplace if all the insects had been madeMosquitoes. What is the use of Spiders, andDragon-flies, and Beetles, and Butter-flies? he would say, fretfully; a Mos-quito is worth more than any of them. You can just see how unreasonable hewas. Of course, Mosquitoes and Flies dohelp keep the air pure and sweet, but thatis no reason why they should set them-selves up above the other insects. Donot the Bees carry pollen from one flowerto another, and so help the plants raisetheir Seed Babies ? And who would not

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