'Soft wood!' cried Dora.

7. 'Well, not soft like butter! But softer than oak, beech, birch, and
elm'----

'The trunk of an oak-tree is lying where the rabbits live,' said Harry,
in a great hurry. 'We often play on it. I know that it is hard. What
sort of wood are you making the doll's house of?'

8. 'Soft wood. It is a bit of pine. So is the box that holds the
minerals. I should find it hard work to cut oak.

'Now, there is one kind of wood so soft that you can bend it. It is
called willow, and baskets are made of it.

'But oak was once used in building the great strong ships.'




COAL.

PART 1.


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