. In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes . over the corn with a hoe and pressed itdown with the foot to make it firm, so that it might keep moistlonger after the next rain. Meantime, Mrs. Thrush, anxious tocover her eggs, had flown back to the nest as soon as the menhad left the brush heap; and she sat looking contentedly on attheir work. Some days later a rainstorm came. The birds eggs did notget wet, however, for these were kept warm and dry under themothers wing; but the raindrops trickled down into the earthand gave the kernels of corn
. In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes . over the corn with a hoe and pressed itdown with the foot to make it firm, so that it might keep moistlonger after the next rain. Meantime, Mrs. Thrush, anxious tocover her eggs, had flown back to the nest as soon as the menhad left the brush heap; and she sat looking contentedly on attheir work. Some days later a rainstorm came. The birds eggs did notget wet, however, for these were kept warm and dry under themothers wing; but the raindrops trickled down into the earthand gave the kernels of corn a drink. After drinking the waterthe kernels began to swell. They kept swelling more and moreuntil at last a baby leaf burst the skin, pushed its way up andcame out of the ground. The little leaf was folded tightly atfirst, but after a while it spread itself out. Then the stalkbegan to grow longer; and by and by another leaf came on theopposite side of the stalk. The third leaf grew on the same sideof the stalk as the first; and on which side do you suppose thefourth leaf came out? * A THE FARMER. 328 IN THE CHILDS WORLD. On the same side as the second—just as it is in ourweaving! Yes. And now can you tell me why the corn did not havetwo leaves instead of one at a time? When we soaked a kernel of corn and cut it open, we foundonly one baby leaf in it, besides the food for the baby plant toeat until it could feed itself from the earth and the air. So ilcould not make more than one leaf at a time. You are right. But I should have told you that the corn wa?making roots at the same time that it made stalk and leaves, sothat it had roots by which to suck in food from the earth, andleaves by which to suck in food from the air; and with all thisfood it grew very fast. The master took care that the weedsshould not choke it. As soon as the corn was up a few inches, the master directedRobert to go over the ground with a harrow. This destroyed allthe weeds that had started at th
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