He held it over a beetle that happened to be lying on the table , and Jack bent down to take his squint , but looked up with an amazed face , saying , `` My eye ! what nippers the old thing has got ! I see now why it hurts so confoundedly when you grab a dorbug and he grabs back again . '' `` He winked at me , '' cried Nan , who had poked her head under Jack 's elbow and got the second peep . Every one took a look , and then Dan showed them the lovely plumage on a moth 's wing , the four feathery corners to a hair , the veins on a leaf , hardly visible to the naked eye , but like a thick net through the wonderful little glass ; the skin on their own fingers , looking like queer hills and valleys ; a cobweb like a bit of coarse sewing silk , and the sting of a bee . `` It 's like the fairy spectacles in my story-book , only more curious , '' said Demi , enchanted with the wonders he saw . `` Dan is a magician now , and he can show you many miracles going on all round you ; for he has two things needful patience and a love of nature . We live in a beautiful and wonderful world , Demi , and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be . This little glass will give you a new set of teachers , and you may learn fine lessons from them if you will , '' said Mr. Bhaer , glad to see how interested the boys were in the matter . `` Could I see anybody 's soul with this microscope if I looked hard ? '' asked Demi , who was much impressed with the power of the bit of glass . `` No , dear ; it 's not powerful enough for that , and never can be made so . You must wait a long while before your eyes are clear enough to see the most invisible of God 's wonders . But looking at the lovely things you can see will help you to understand the lovelier things you can not see , '' answered Uncle Fritz , with his hand on the boy 's head . `` Well , Daisy and I both think that if there are any angels , their wings look like that butterfly 's as we see it through the glass , only more soft and gold . '' `` Believe it if you like , and keep your own little wings as bright and beautiful , only do n't fly away for a long time yet . '' `` No , I wo n't , '' and Demi kept his word . `` Good-by , my boys ; I must go now , but I leave you with our new Professor of Natural History ; '' and Mrs. Jo went away well pleased with that composition day . CHAPTER XVIII . CROPS The gardens did well that summer , and in September the little crops were gathered in with much rejoicing .
XXXXX and Ned joined their farms and raised potatoes , those being a good salable article .
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