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Once some beetles flew in; but nobody paid any attention to them,
not even the littlest ones, who worked right on tracing
their fish-hooks, as if that was French, too

I hadn't understood the meaning of the letters in bold Please
explain to me

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Once some beetles flew in; but nobody paid any attention to them, not even the littlest ones, who worked right on tracing their fish-hooks, as if that was French, too. I hadn't understood the meaning of the letters in bold. Please explain to me.

Once some beetles flew in; but nobody paid any attention to them, not even the littlest ones, who worked right on tracing their fish-hooks, as if that was French, too.

I hadn't understood the meaning of the letters in bold. Please explain to me.