Chambers's Elementary Science Readers - Book I by Various
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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. 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. |
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