From the earth shot slowly upward.'"

"There it is," whispered Susie.

"Sh!" said Donald.

"Then another and another," continued Uncle Robert, "and before long the
corn was waving its long, green foliage in the sunshine.

"'It is Mondamin!' cried Hiawatha,'the friend of man, Mondamin!'"

"What a lovely story!" cried Susie as Uncle Robert finished. "I wish
Frank could have heard it."

"We'll find it in your mother's book of Longfellow's poems and let Frank
read it," said Uncle Robert.

"Let's tell him about the seeds first," said Donald. "He'll like it
better then."

[Illustration: A stalk of corn.]




CHAPTER VI.

SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW.