Part 3

26. Self-heal or Blue-curls in the Grass 65

27. The Four Butterflies You See Every Summer 67

28. The Beautiful Poison Caterpillar 72

29. The Great Splendid Silk-moth or Samia Cecropia 77

30. The Green Fairy with the Long Train 79

31. The Wicked Hoptoad and the Little Yellow Dragon 82

32. The Fairy Bird or the Humming-bird Moth 85

33. Ribgrass or Whiteman's-Foot 88

34. Jack-in-the-Pulpit 91

35. How the Indian Pipe Came 91

36. The Cucumber Under the Brownie's Umbrella 93

37. The Hickory Horn-Devil 95

Things to See in Autumntime

38. The Purple and Gold of Autumn 103

39. Why the Chicadee Goes Crazy Twice a Year 104

40. The Story of the Quaking Aspen or Poplar 107

41. The Witch-hazel 109

42. How the Shad Came and How the Chestnut Got Its Burrs 112

43. How the Littlest Owl Came 113

44. The Wood-witch and the Bog-nuts 114

45. The Mud-dauber Wasp 117

46. The Cicada and the Katydid 121

47. The Digger Wasp That Killed the Cicada 123

48. How the Indian Summer Came 126

Things to See in Wintertime

49. The North Star, or the Home Star 129

50. The Pappoose on the Squaw's Back 131

51. Orion the Hunter, and his Fight with the Bull 133