Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1915 — The Neglected Species. [ARTICLE]

The Neglected Species.

In the opinion of some persons, the new teacher was going almost too fax in her attention to nature study. How ever, the children appeared to enjoi it all, and, so far, no parents had made open objection to the little talks on birds, insects and flowers with which the teacher diversified the rou tine of school work. So all went along quite comfortably until the afternoon when the fly and the flea were up for consideration. Following the teacher’s lead, the children had all grown enthusiastic over the astonishing acrobatic abili ties of the fly—all except Robbie May who for some time had been staring moodily at his desk, casting only occasional glances at the teacher, and those unmistakably sullen. His mood became so noticeable by the time they were all admiring the fact that the fly can walk on the ceiling, that the teacher paused and turned to the boy. “What is the trouble, Robbie?” she inquired. “Aren’t you interested in the talk?” “Ye-es,” granted Robbie, reluctantly polite. Then, warming up, “but I bet a fly can’t hang by its knees, and every boy in school can do it, all ’cepf Laurie Lee, and he’s had the dlphthery!”—Youth's Companion.