Bug Watcher
Mike had all the right tools for his job: the high-powered binoculars, the tripod with feet that bent in multiple directions so he could set it on rough terrain and the best darned camera available on the market, with zoom lenses that could make a fly 100 feet away look huge. Not to mention the clothes—microfiber, breathable, comfortable, unscratchable by any branches known to man, and mudproof to boot. Oh, and he had good boots too—durable ones. So, when he caught sight of the most glorious luna moth any bug scientist could ever hope to spot, he was ready to shoot.

The camera's shutter clicked 20 times before that luna moth had a chance to flap its front wing. This way, Mike made sure he had the kind of shot that his magazine employers would want. Then, as the moth hopped from one leaf to another, he used his rapid-fire shutter gizmo to catch it in motion another 20 times or so.

But Mike could see something odd about this new leaf the moth had chosen. It had bumps on it he didn't usually see on that kind of leaf. And the moth started touching one of its feelers to different bumps in a weird way. It looked as if it were typing notes onto the—bumps! Kind of a one-feeler-tip typing system, but it was pretty fast. And, between spurts of tapping the bumps, the moth looked right at Mike. Mike knew that a bug like this couldn't really see him. It couldn't make sense of a shape like he or his camera and tripod would form. But he felt that the luna moth was studying him, as if it were a people scientist.

He missed a few shots as he paused in amazement at this idea. Then he remembered to catch the glorious moth as it moved. Maybe when he developed them, the photographs would help him decide if he was going crazy and imagining things.

They didn't really. They showed the image of a luna moth twitching its feeler on the leaf. You couldn't tell why it might have been doing that. But, what if those odd bumps on that leaf really could tell some kind of story about him or about whatever that moth could see in his direction?

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Select the correct answer.
Here is a question from the text aids: Does Mike take good pictures of the luna moth?
A.
No. The equipment is not good enough to photograph it.
B.
Probably, but his fancy equipment doesn't work very well that day.
C.
Probably, but he gets distracted by something he sees while he shoots it.