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r with tapestry In yellow and green and gray.
The ceiling is frescoed in light and shade, And the cottage stands so high That the view extends to the mountains dim, Whose peaks are lost in the sky.
No window it has, but an open door Invites one to sweetest rest; For my wee house, perched on a swaying elm, Is only an oriole's nest.
HOW DO THEY GROW?
While the children were waiting for the Professor one bright summer morning, they overheard through the open window little Jennie asking John Grant, the gardener, "Where do the flowers come from?"
"Why, don't you see?" said he; "they grow up out of the ground."
"How do they grow?" continued the little questioner, whose curiosity was clearly on the increase.
Before John could collect his wits sufficiently to frame an answer, the Professor made his appearance with a pretty rose-bud in his hand.
"Will you not tell us," said Gus, "how flowers grow? There's John out there digging among them all day, but he seems to know nothing about them, after all."
"Please don't be very scientific," pleaded Gus, "but tell us in a plain way how they grow."
"Well, let us begin with the seed. In the first place, the sun warms the ground in which the seed lies buried. Then the seed swells and bursts, and sends downward a little root; the root drinks in the water from the soil, and so gets larger, and spreads around; and by-and-by it sends up a stem above the ground. As soon as the sunlight falls on the little plant, it gets stronger, and is able to take food as well as drink from the soil, so as to get its full shape and size and green color."
"Has it a mouth to eat and drink with?" asked Gus, in some doubt.
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