. In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes . one!The farmer hath his fields of wheat, Much cometh to his share;We have this little plot of flax That we have tilled with care. Oh, the goodly flax flower! It groweth on the hill,And, be the breeze awake or sieep, It never standeth seemeth all astir with lif As if it loved to thrive,As if it had a merry heart Within its stem fair befall the flax field, And may the kindly shower1Gi»e strength unto its shinine ttwn . SILK. Silkworm cocoons can usually be ob-tained and should al
. In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes . one!The farmer hath his fields of wheat, Much cometh to his share;We have this little plot of flax That we have tilled with care. Oh, the goodly flax flower! It groweth on the hill,And, be the breeze awake or sieep, It never standeth seemeth all astir with lif As if it loved to thrive,As if it had a merry heart Within its stem fair befall the flax field, And may the kindly shower1Gi»e strength unto its shinine ttwn . SILK. Silkworm cocoons can usually be ob-tained and should always be shown duringthis talk. Sewing silk, ribbons and piecesof silk will also be needed. See whetherthe children remember where wool andcotton and linen came from, and whowere the chief workers in the manufactureof the goods. That the beautiful, shin-ing silk can be traced back to so small acreature as the silkworm, is always adelight to children. The following storiesand verses will supply the points for a talk upon silk, especiallyif the subject is taken up after cotton, wool, and Life of a Silkworm* Once there was a baby Caterpillar who found himself on abroad, green leaf, in a mulberry tree ; and on the stems betweenthe leaves were pretty, yellow-white berries, very much like theraspberries that you city children see in the grocery stores in thesummer. This little Caterpillar lifted his brown head up andstretched himself and looked all around him; and he thought:Well! this is a very nice place to be in ! Then he crawled allaround the leaf and went underneath it. While he was under-neath he thought he would have a little fun; so he held on withhis fore feet, and swung back and forth, and then drew himselfup again, and had a grand time. The warm summer winds played in and out through thebranches of the trees, whispering to each other and rocking theleaf on which the baby Caterpillar was crawling, until at last he
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