`` I dare say you 'll hear it , if you wake in time . Now get your hat , and we will see what we can find down by the brook . I saw a great many fireflies there last night , and fancy there was a ball ; so we may find some drowsy elf among the buttercups and clover . '' Away rushed Daisy for her hat , and soon was walking gayly down the green lane , looking about her as if she had never been there before ; for every thing seemed wonderfully fresh and lovely . `` How pink the clouds are , and how the dew twinkles in the grass ! I never saw it so before , '' she said . `` Because by the time you are up the pretty pink clouds are gone , and the thirsty grass has drank the dew , or the sun has drawn it up to fall again at night for the flowers ' evening bath , '' replied Wee , watching the soft color that began to touch Daisy 's pale cheeks . `` I think we 'd better look under that cobweb spread like a tent over the white clovers . A fairy would be very likely to creep in there and sleep . '' Daisy knelt down and peeped carefully ; but all she saw was a little brown spider , who looked very much surprised to see visitors so early . `` I do n't like spiders , '' said Daisy , much disappointed . `` There are things about spiders as interesting to hear as fairy tales , '' said Wee . `` This is Mrs. Epeira Diadema ; and she is a respectable , industrious little neighbor . She spreads her tent , but sits under a leaf near by , waiting for her breakfast . She wraps her eggs in a soft silken bag , and hides them in some safe chink , where they lie till spring . The eggs are prettily carved and ornamented , and so hard that the baby spiders have to force their way out by biting the shell open and poking their little heads through . The mother dies as soon as her eggs are safely placed , and the spiderlings have to take care of themselves . '' `` How do you know about it , Aunt Wee ? You talk as if Mrs. Eppyra -- or whatever her name is -- had told you herself . Did she ? ''
asked XXXXX , feeling more interested in the brown spider .
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