2. A friend kindly lent him a horse and plough, and the soil was quickly
turned over. A few days afterwards the seed was sown.
3. The children helped to do this.
They got up very early one morning and went out with their father. Harry
had a bag full of wheat, and Dora had a little basket.
[Illustration]
4. They watched what their father did, then dipped their hands into the
wheat, and threw it out over the earth.
5. After that, the horse came again with a harrow, to cover the seed
over with soil, and it was left to grow.
6. It seemed strange to think that those little hard grains would grow
up to be tall plants and have other grains upon them.
7. 'I hope we shall have some nice soft rain,' said father, as they left
the field.
8. Many days went by, rain came again and again. There was sunshine,
too; but sometimes the east winds blew.
9. Dora and Harry went out every morning to look at the field. But they
always came in saying that there was nothing but brown earth to be seen.
10. At last, one morning they came in running and jumping. 'Our wheat is
up! There are tiny green leaves all over the field!'
11. After this there was always something fresh to see. The wheat-plants
grew taller, and put out long leaves.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25