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how many steps he takes in crossing that path ?" "Indeed I cannot do it," he re- plied. "Well, then, I will ask you but one other question; can you tell me what his errand is?" Bobby replied in the same way, he could not tell. "As you seem to know so little about the woolly bear, Bobby, I will tell you something that may surprise you. In a week or a fortnight, he will build himself a house, or rather spin himself a dwelling, in which he will shut himself up for a time, and appear as if he were dead, and then all at once he will come out afresh, in a new suit of clothes. His furry great
