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