Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . er the floor of the room. Just as the motherAvas going to her work the sick girl flxed her gazeon the lowest pane of the window. ^lother, she exclaimed, what can that littlegreen thing be that peeps in at the window? It ismoving in the wind. The mother stepped to the window and halfopened it. Oh! she said, there is actually a littlepea which has taken root, and is putting out its greenleaves. How could it have got into this crack?Well, now, here is a little garden for you to am
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . er the floor of the room. Just as the motherAvas going to her work the sick girl flxed her gazeon the lowest pane of the window. ^lother, she exclaimed, what can that littlegreen thing be that peeps in at the window? It ismoving in the wind. The mother stepped to the window and halfopened it. Oh! she said, there is actually a littlepea which has taken root, and is putting out its greenleaves. How could it have got into this crack?Well, now, here is a little garden for you to amuseyourself with. So the bed of the sick girl was drawn nearer tothe window, that she might see the budding plant,and the mother went out to her work. jMother, I believe I shall get mcII, said the sickchild in the evening. The sun has shone in here so 208 The Pea Blossom bright and warm to-day, and the little pea is thriv-ing so well; I shall get on better, too, and go outinto the warm sunshine again. God grant it! said the mother, but she did notbelieve it would be so. She propped up with a little ^ooooo^ooopo^. °°ooooooooO SHE GENTLY KISSED THE DELICATE LEAVES stick the green plant M^iich had given her child suchpleasant hopes of life, so that it might not be brokenby the winds. She tied the piece of string to thewindow-sill and to the upper part of the frame, sothat the pea tendrils might twine round it when itshot up. And it did shoot up; indeed it might al-most be seen to grow from day to day. The Pea Klossom 200 Now really, here is a flower c()min, said theold woman one morning; and now at last she hegauto encourage the hope that her little sick daughtermight really recover. The child had seemed morecheerful and during the last few days had raised her-self in bed in the morning to look with sparkling-eyes at her little garden which contained only asingle pea plant. A week later the invalid sat up a whole hour forthe first time, feeling quite happy by the open win-dow in
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