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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: The object of the expedition is attained. The whipper-snapper
makes off at full speed, as though he had the Furies at his heels.
If he remained, he would presumably be eaten. These exercises on
the tight-rope are not repeated. I kept watch in vain on the
following evenings: I never saw the fellow again.
When he is gone, the bride descends from the cable, spins her web
and assumes the hunting-attitude. We must eat to have silk, we
must have silk to eat and especially to weave the expensive cocoon
of the family. There is therefore no rest, not even after the
excitement of being married.
The Epeirae are monuments of patience in their lime-snare. With
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