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Name: David R.
Status: other
Age: 40s
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Date: 2/23/2003
Question:
What insect has ears just below its knees on its front legs?

Replies:
A poem for kids by Aileen Fisher, neatly answers this question:

Did you ever see
a cricket's ears
stick out upon his head?
You certainly didn't
since they grow
below his knees instead.

J. Elliott

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