. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. t. Wehave the shelter; our clothes will last a while longerif we are careful; and the entertainment can guess food comes first. No one disputing Hen-rys conclusion, they all went to take stock of whatmight be growing in the garden. The supply in thekitchen was certainly not very ample, consideringthe number of mouths there were to feed, and some-thing must be done before it was exhausted. The garden was different from anything they hadever seen before. Surrounding it was a pinguinhedge, which no animal wou
. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. t. Wehave the shelter; our clothes will last a while longerif we are careful; and the entertainment can guess food comes first. No one disputing Hen-rys conclusion, they all went to take stock of whatmight be growing in the garden. The supply in thekitchen was certainly not very ample, consideringthe number of mouths there were to feed, and some-thing must be done before it was exhausted. The garden was different from anything they hadever seen before. Surrounding it was a pinguinhedge, which no animal would care to break throughbecause of its long, saw-toothed leaves; and, in onecorner, where the ground was rocky, there was aclump of very vicious looking cacti armed withlong spines. The pretty cactus fruit was a redeem-ing feature, however, and Henry could not resist thetemptation to show the others how the Burbankfruits, shipped from California to the New Yorkmarkets, were peeled to avoid the nests of aggra-vating little bristles in their skin. They all tasted26 The Garden 27. i Riff
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