12. Dora said one day that they looked like grass, and her mother told
her that wheat was a large kind of grass.
'Look at the shape of the leaves,' she said, 'and the joints in the
stems.'
13. The wheat soon grew so tall that it stood above the heads of the
children. They used to go in among it, and make believe that they were
lost in a great forest.
14. One day, when they were lost like this, they saw that the tops of
the stalks had opened. Inside there were green stems with green ears
upon them.
WHEAT.
PART 2.
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1. Every day the ears grew larger and harder, and then they began to
look yellow.
2. The children, too, heard their father and mother talking about their
golden grain, and saying it was ripe.
3. At last, one very hot day, they found that the time had come to cut
the wheat. A kind friend came to help, and Harry and Dora and the new
dog jumped about and ran in and out, and thought that they helped too.
4. The children talked much about their harvest, and mother made them a
harvest-supper.
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