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The Life of the Grasshopper

by Jean-Henri Fabre

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  1. 1Translator’s Note
  2. 2Chapter I — The Fable of the Cicada and the Ant
  3. 3Chapter II — The Cicada: Leaving the Burrow
  4. 4Chapter III — The Cicada: The Transformation
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Cicada: His Music
  6. 6Chapter V — The Cicada: The Laying and the Hatching of the Eggs
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Mantis: Her Hunting
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Mantis: Her Love-Making
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The Mantis: Her Nest
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Mantis: Her Hatching
  11. 11Chapter X — The Empusa
  12. 12Chapter XI — The White-Faced Decticus: His Habits
  13. 13Chapter XII — The White-Faced Decticus: The Laying and the Hatching…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The White-Faced Decticus: The Instrument of Sound
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Green Grasshopper
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Cricket: The Burrow; the Egg
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Cricket: The Song; the Pairing
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Locusts: Their Function; Their Organ of Sound
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Locusts: Their Eggs
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Locusts: The Last Moult
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Foamy Cicadella

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