. Community civics . uth and strength of the real things oflife. There are beautiful wild flowers on the way toschool. The soft greens of the alfalfa field and theold oak in the pasture wait for us as we go for thecows in the evening. And everywhere, we readnot only a lesson of beautiful things, but also a lessonof steadfastness and strength. If stones are throwninto the brook to stop it, it flows right over themwith greater strength than before, and adds to itsstrength a song. Plants burst the seed cases andpush up through the dark soil to the light. Every-where through the country, for those
. Community civics . uth and strength of the real things oflife. There are beautiful wild flowers on the way toschool. The soft greens of the alfalfa field and theold oak in the pasture wait for us as we go for thecows in the evening. And everywhere, we readnot only a lesson of beautiful things, but also a lessonof steadfastness and strength. If stones are throwninto the brook to stop it, it flows right over themwith greater strength than before, and adds to itsstrength a song. Plants burst the seed cases andpush up through the dark soil to the light. Every-where through the country, for those who havelearned to see and understand, are lessons whichpoint toward the richness and strength of life. 2 COMMUNITY CIVICS Country boys and girls have a chance to growbecause they know the people around them so is not unusual in the city for people who live inthe same building to be entire strangers. But inthe country, one is apt to know every one who livesfor several miles around — the fathers and mothers. One is apt to know every one who lives for several miles around. and the grandfathers and grandmothers and the hiredmen and the little children. Boys and girls in thecountry know when the neighbors bees swarm ; howmany chickens they raise ; and whether they canbake good cookies. They know, too, where thebest apple trees grow and what people have thekindest hearts. And before they are very old, everycountry boy and girl learns the law of the country COUNTRY BOYS AND GIRLS 3 road — that a lighter load always gives the wholeroad for a heavier one. So while the country might not, at first thought,seem the place where there is the best chance to growthrough knowing other people, it does offer a bigchance for the kind of everyday neighborliness whichcounts for so much in life. 2. Country Boys and Girls Should Know TheirSurroundings. — Although there are such greatchances for growth through the surroundings inthe country, there are many people who are blindto its bea
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