The story of Arachne is interesting, and everybody studying natural history ought to know it.

Arachne was a young girl, according to the Greek story, who was very skilful at weaving.

She wove cloths of many different colours and beautiful patterns, and everybody admired her work.

This made her vain--so vain that at last she said that even the goddess of weaving could not weave better than she.

Immediately after she had said that, the terrible goddess herself--Pallas Athena--entered the room.