One day in ancient Egypt ,a farmer walked through his fields near the banks of the River Nile.The Nile valley was a very fertile place. The rich land surrounding the river provided food for the Egyptian kingdom. The farmer looked at his fields and those of his neighbours. Crops blew in the breeze and there was a smell of blooming plants in the air. Then the farmer saw something moving on the ground. "What is this ?" he wondered .
He bent down and looked closely at the thin creature . It was as