human
This is n't very pleasant work, said Clinton,
gpt
I should like to know where all these caterpillars come from, said Oscar;
human
No, replied Clinton.
gpt
A miller lays the eggs, the summer before, on a branch of the tree, and there they stay till about the first of June; then they hatch out, and build their nest. The nests look something like tents, don't you see they do?
human
Yes, so they do,
gpt
That's the reason they are called tent-caterpillars. There are three or four hundred of them in every nest. In about a month from now, they would all turn into millers, if nobody disturbed them, and lay millions of eggs for next year's crop.
human
That 's curious--I 've learnt something new by coming here,
gpt
There, I believe that's all, said Clinton, as he cast his eye over the tree;