Silkworm 23 Things
My daughter likes all kinds of small animals, and in the impression, she has raised snails, white rabbits, goldfish, crabs, Brazilian turtles, green clams, small ants, flying birds, and even once wanted to bring home a longhorn beetle that made me fear when I saw it... So, in order to meet the fun of raising my daughter, in my spare time, I bought some silkworm eggs online and took care of these babies from the very source of life...
It is said to start from the source of life, but in fact, when it was discovered, it was already a silkworm ant, call it an ant, not exaggerated, thin and small, black and wriggling, if not dynamic, even difficult to find, with the awe of the little life and the strangeness of not raising for many years, for fear that if you are not careful, it will be damaged, fortunately, the seller sent a goose feather, like 'dust', light and soft, moderate strength, sweeping silkworm sand, cleaning up dead leaves, and even children close observation, enough for me to cope with the daily life of these little lives' Living'...
The alternating days of spring and summer, warm but not dry, are suitable for the growth of these babies. The mother-in-law brought fresh and juicy leaves from the foreign home, (I am very grateful that the child's grandmother accidentally planted a mulberry tree in front of the unit many years ago) The 'rations' were there, and the refrigerator at home was also contributed, and then it was left to concentrate on feeding. It's really a day, soon, the silkworm gradually grows in a circle, finally it is not so small, and the color becomes lighter... However, eating more and more, the next will always pay attention to where there are mulberry leaves, between the 'rations' are difficult to find, and when the silkworm babies finally have a 'silkworm' look, they give most of them to their friends...
Every day after that, every time I passed by the silkworm box, I would look at it twice, and the first thing I did when I woke up every day, the last thing before going to bed, was to look at these little things... Although it was once raised, goodbye, it is still as new. Over time, silkworm babies eat more and more, but also bigger and bigger, gradually from the first age silkworm to the second age silkworm, and then the third age, more and more fat toot, just like the common soybean insects in the field, just because I know that it will create silk, can create food, can achieve quality, so I don't feel that there are bean worms terrible, and even feel a little cute. However, what worries me is that the babies have to experience molting every time they change, I don't know if such a new birth will also experience heart-wrenching pain, I think, there will be, otherwise, will not eat or drink dormant for a day, until the old skin fades, new clothes on the body, and then resume eating. After each molt, the silkworm will eat mulberry leaves harder, and finally when the silkworm reaches the fourth age, when it grows up to the dead of night, you can hear the rustling sound of its mulberry leaves, for all these subtle changes, the child is always attentive... However, the child does not know that with this series of changes, the silkworm babies are also coming to the end of their lives...
Suddenly, one day, the child found that the silkworm's whole body was transparent, it seemed that the skin would snap his fingers, and the mouth also spit out shiny filament, and the time for the silkworm to cocoon was up. So, he led the children downstairs quickly, broke the branches, made a simple 'silkworm mountain' for the babies, and caught them one by two and three on the 'silkworm mountain'. When they search, within a square inch, find the most suitable space for them to 'cocoon themselves'...
Waking up one night, the silkworm babies were already in the cocoon, and they could vaguely see its figure, still struggling to spit out the silk thread in their abdomen... There are more and more babies who need to go up the 'mountain'. After three or five days, all the silkworm babies have gone up the mountain, no longer need to feed mulberry leaves frequently during the day, no need to add 'night food' late at night, no longer need to worry about the problem of 'rations', no longer need to clean silkworm sand, no longer need ... Too much, after five weeks of busy work, suddenly there is a sense of loss that there is nothing to be busy...
As silkworms become cocoons of various colors, why are there more and more children, and why do silkworms form cocoons? What do silkworms do in a small house after a cocoon? Do you know if you are hungry? What should I do if I am thirsty and hungry? How to become a butterfly? How did it come out of it? What do you do when you become a butterfly? There are many, many such questions, and I know that behind these reasons is that she still does not know how to express her reluctance. There is no answer to these, the most said is to wait, yes, wait, wait for it to break into a butterfly, wait for it to lay eggs, wait for the next spring to bloom, and then renew...
(I haven't touched my brain for a long, long time, I haven't talked at length, the girl said let me help her write it down, I agreed, when she is older, I hope these can help her remember the two or three things of silkworm breeding in the past...) ）
