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Mab's beans grew very fast and soon the two green leaves on each plant
were quite large. Then other leaves appeared. By this time Hal's corn had
begun to show green above the earth, and he was anxious to hoe the dirt
around it up into hills, as he had been told he must do.
"It is too soon now, though," his father said. "If you work around plants
when they are too young you would kill them. They must be allowed to get
their roots well down into the ground, to begin eating and drinking. A
little baby, at first, does hardly anything but eat and sleep, so that it
may grow fast. Plants need to do the same thing. I'll tell you when it is
time to hoe."
Aunt Lolly and Uncle Pennywait, as well as Daddy Blake, had planted their
parts of the garden, and the land around the Blake house looked smooth and
brown, with, here and there, a little green showing.
"I know what I'm going to do with that ten dollar gold piece prize when I
win it," said Uncle Pennywait.
"What are you going to do?" asked his wife.
"I'm going to buy ice cream," said Uncle Pennywait. "I never yet had all
the ice cream I wanted. But I will when I get that ten dollars.
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