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  • At this threat the soldiers dropped their swords and axes, and all fell upon their knees, trembling visibly and imploring their cruel master not to change them into june-bugs.

    The Enchanted Island of Yew 1887

  • He wore a black gown with scarlet grasshoppers and june-bugs embroidered upon the cloth; and his hat was high and peaked, with an imitation grasshopper of extraordinary size perched upon its point.

    The Enchanted Island of Yew 1887

  • "Here is the terrible sorcerer Kwytoffle, who threatened to change you into grasshoppers and june-bugs.

    The Enchanted Island of Yew 1887

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