Theblue-fly，buriedinthedepthofthesand，“cracksitsbarrel-shapedcoffin。”andsplitsitsmask，inordertodisinteritself；theheaddividesintotwohalves，betweenwhichweseeemerginganddisappearingbyturnsamonstroustumour，whichcomesandgoes，swellsandshrivels，palpitates，labours，lunges，andretires，thuscompressingandgraduallyunderminingthesand，untilatlastthenewbornflyemergesfromthedepthofthecatacombs。13/1。
Certainyoungspiders，inordertoemancipatethemselves，toconquerspace，anddispersethemselvesabouttheworld，resorttoaningenioussystemofaviation。Theygainthehighestpointofthethicket，andreleaseathread，which，seizedbythewind，carriesthemawaysuspended。Eachshineslikeapointoflightagainstthefoliageofthecypresses。Thereisacontinuousstreamoftinypassengers，leapinganddescendinginscatteredsheavesunderthecaressesofthesun，likeatomicprojectiles，likethefountainoffireatapyrotechnicdisplay。Whatagloriousdeparture，whatanentryintotheworld！Grippingitsaeronauticthread，theinsectascendsinapotheosis！13/2。
Butifallarecalledallarenotchosen。“Howmanycanmoveonlyatthegreatestperilundertheruggedearth，proceedingfromshocktoshock，intheharshwombofuniversallife，and，arrestedbyagrainofsand，succumbhalf-way“！
Thereareotherswhomslowermetamorphosescondemntovegetatestilllongerinthesubterraneannight，beforetheyarepermittedtoassumetheirfestivalattire，andshareintheirturninthegladnessofcreation。
ThustheCicadaisforcedtolabourforlonggloomyyearsinthedarknessbeforeitcanemergefromthesoil。Atthemomentwhenitissuesfromtheearththelarva，soiledwithmire，“resemblesasewer-man；itseyesarewhitish，nebulous，squinting，blind。”Then“itclingstosometwig，itsplitsdowntheback，rejectsitsdiscardedskin，drierthanhornyparchment，andbecomestheCigale，whichisatfirstofapalegrass-greenhue。”Then，“Halfdrunkenwithherjoy，shefeastsInahailoffire“；