2. Dora unrolled one or two of these tendrils, and then watched them
roll up again. She thought:
'How funny it is of the plant to put these out on purpose to take hold
of the sticks! And how pretty the flowers are! They look like little
white butterflies. I will pull one open.'
3. She picked a flower, and sat down with it on the grass. Inside of it
she found something long and green. This she opened, and saw a row of
tiny green balls.
[Illustration: Pea-flower.]
4. Not one of them was half as big as a pin's head. They were all in a
row, and Dora counted seven of them.
She picked out each one and laid them on her hand to look at.
5. Then it came into her mind that these little mites of things must be
baby-peas. And she felt sorry to think what she had done, for she could
not put them back into their nest, and now they would never grow up to
be big.
6. She told Harry about it next day, and he said, yes, it was very true.
But he must pull open just one flower himself and see the peas inside;
and so he did. There were six peas in his flower.
7. Every day after this, Dora and Harry came to look at the plants.
For a long time the flowers were very pretty. Then they began to wither.
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