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The Life of the Grasshopper
Jean-Henri Fabre and Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The cicada sings all summer while the ant hoards, and the old fable had it exactly backwards, says Jean-Henri Fabre. He corrects the story with patient observation of the real insect's life and song. Charming, sharp, and quietly subversive. The great naturalist takes on a fable and lets the grasshopper speak for itself. Listen to the summer chorus and learn the truth behind the tale.
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65 chapters
- 1BOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRE
- 2CONTENTS
- 3TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- 4CHAPTER I THE FABLE OF THE CICADA AND THE ANT
- 5La Cigalo e la Fournigo
- 6I
- 7II
- 8III
- 9TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- 10THE CICADA AND THE ANT
- 11I
- 12II
- 13III
- 14CHAPTER II THE CICADA: LEAVING THE BURROW
- 15CHAPTER III THE CICADA: THE TRANSFORMATION
- 16CHAPTER IV THE CICADA: HIS MUSIC
- 17CHAPTER V THE CICADA: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGS
- 18CHAPTER VI THE MANTIS: HER HUNTING
+ 47 more. The full contents open with the book.
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