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                        AMONG THE MEADOW PEOPLE

                                   BY
                        CLARA DILLINGHAM PIERSON


                      Illustrated by F. C. GORDON

                        NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION

                             [Illustration]


                                NEW YORK
                         E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
                      31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET




                  [Illustration: HAYING IN THE MEADOW]




                               COPYRIGHT
                           E. P. DUTTON & CO.
                                  1899

                               COPYRIGHT
                        CLARA DILLINGHAM PIERSON
                                  1901


                   The Knickerbocker Press, New York




CONTENTS.


                                                        PAGE
  INTRODUCTION                                             5
  THE BUTTERFLY THAT WENT CALLING                          7
  THE ROBINS BUILD A NEST                                 14
  THE SELFISH TENT-CATERPILLAR                            22
  THE LAZY SNAIL                                          31
  AN ANT THAT WORE WINGS                                  37
  THE CHEERFUL HARVESTMEN                                 42
  THE LITTLE SPIDER'S FIRST WEB                           50
  THE BEETLE WHO DID NOT LIKE CATERPILLARS                56
  THE YOUNG ROBIN WHO WAS AFRAID TO FLY                   61
  THE CRICKETS' SCHOOL                                    71
  THE CONTENTED EARTHWORMS                                76
  THE MEASURING WORM'S JOKE                               81
  A PUZZLED CICADA                                        87
  THE TREE FROG'S STORY                                   93
  THE DAY WHEN THE