'
TURNIPS.
white
ly'-ing
tur'-nip
picked
win'-ter
din'-ner
read'-y
but'-ter
sor'-ry
heard
peo'-ple
bread
pressed
meal
mean
jok'-ing
1. 'What are those sheep eating over there, at the far end of the field?
There is something white all over the grass. What can it be?'
'Chalk?' Dora asked.
'No, they never would be so silly! Let us go and see.'
2. Up they got, and away they went. They found that the white things
lying about on the grass were bits of turnip.
Harry picked one up and looked at it. It was only a round rind: all the
inside had been eaten out.
3. He took it home with him to show to his mother, and she said:
'I saw some bits like this that were shooting out green leaves when
spring came. They had been lying out on the ground in the winter, yet
there was so much life in them that they could grow again. But, come,
wash your hands: dinner is ready, and I have something to tell you. We
are going to have turnips for dinner!'
[Illustration: He took it home with him to show to his mother.]
4. When Harry had his helping of turnips he said:
'Now I am a sheep!'
'No,' said Dora, 'the sheep don't boil their turnips, or mash them with
nice butter.
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