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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: and hums about her glass prison; then, perceiving a burrow similar
to that of her family, she enters it without much hesitation. She
is extremely ill-advised: while she goes down, the Spider comes
up; and the meeting takes place in the perpendicular passage. For
a few moments, the ear perceives a sort of death-song: it is the
humming of the Bumble-bee, protesting against the reception given
her. This is followed by a long silence. Then I remove the bottle
and dip a long-jawed forceps into the pit. I withdraw the Bumble-
bee, motionless, dead, with hanging proboscis. A terrible tragedy
must have happened. The Spider follows, refusing to let go so rich
a booty. Game and huntress are brought to the orifice. Sometimes,
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