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           Sothegiganticblacklivedintheworldofcoleopteras,carnivorousinsects,hunters,gunners,ditchers,cicindelles,carabes,sylphides,moles,cockchafers,horn-beetles,tenebrions,mites,lady-birds,studyingallCousinBenedict’scollection,notbutthelattertrembledonseeinghisfrailspecimensinHercules’greathands,whichwerehardandstrongasavise.Butthecolossalpupillistenedsoquietlytotheprofessor’slessonsthatitwasworthriskingsomethingtogivethem.

           WhileCousinBenedictworkedinthatmanner,Mrs.WeldondidnotleavelittleJackentirelyunoccupied;Shetaughthimtoreadandtowrite.Astoarithmetic,itwashisfriendDickSandwhoinculcatedthefirstelements.

           Attheageoffive,oneisstillonlyalittlechild,andisperhapsbetterinstructedbypracticalgamesthanbytheoreticallessonsnecessarilyalittlearduous.

           Jacklearnedtoread,notinaprimer,butbymeansofmovableletters,printedinredoncubesofwood.Heamusedhimselfbyarrangingtheblockssoastoformwords.SometimesMrs.Weldontookthesecubesandcomposedaword;thenshedisarrangedthem,anditwasforJacktoreplacethemintheorderrequired.

           Thelittleboylikedthismanneroflearningtoreadverymuch.Eachdayhepassedsomehours,sometimesinthecabin,sometimesonthedeck,inarranginganddisarrangingthelettersofhisalphabet.

           Now,onedaythisledtoanincidentsoextraordinary,sounexpected,thatitisnecessarytorelatewithsomedetail.

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