One by one they dropped off; but the inside part of each stayed on,
looking green and shiny.
8. The children called these shiny green things bags, till they heard
some one say that they were pods.
Sometimes they touched them. They soon began to feel the peas inside.
The pods grew larger and fatter every day.
[Illustration]
GREEN PEAS.
PART 2.
bas'-ket
shell'-ing
bas'-in
taught
won'-der-ful
break'-ing
fair'-y
hap'-pens
weath'-er
earth
moist
pea
su'-gar
starch
earth
sun'-light
[Illustration: Pea-pods.]
1. At last, one sunny morning, mother came out with a basket and began
to pick the pods. Harry and Dora wished to help her, and all three were
soon at work.
2. Next, the shelling began. Mother had a basin in her lap, and the two
children sat close to her and shelled their peas into it.
3. They told her how they had shelled the baby-peas. She taught them how
each plant was a living thing, and had a tiny plant inside of it, all
ready to come out at the right time. This was very wonderful.
4. 'Did that big plant come out of one little pea?' cried Dora.
'I can't see a little plant inside,' said
Harry, breaking one of the peas open.
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