THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MAN
“Beets! beets! Three bunches for a dime! Beets! beets! Three bunches for a dime!” called a boy at the back gate.
“The fruit and vegetable man is at the back gate,” said Bobby. “Do you want to buy anything?”
“I will go to the door,” said Mother.
“Strawberries! strawberries! Two boxes for a quarter! Strawberries! strawberries! Two boxes for a quarter!” called the boy at the back gate.
“Bring me two boxes of strawberries,” said Mother.
“Do you want any beets?” asked the boy. “They are three bunches for a dime.”
“Bring me three bunches,” said Mother.
The fruit and vegetable man took the beets and strawberries out of the wagon.
The boy brought them to the kitchen door.
“Can you change fifty cents?” asked Mother.
“Yes,” said the boy. “Thirty-five, forty, fifty cents.”
“How much did he give you, Mother?” asked Bobby.
“Fifteen cents,” answered Mother. “That is the change.”
“I want to know how to make change,” said Bobby.
“So do I,” added Betty.
“You can learn, Bobby,” said Mother. “Take out your toy money, children. Buy and sell and learn to make change.”
For study and play:
The fruit man comes round every day.
He brings us things to eat.
He brings us apples, berries, grapes,
And peaches pink and sweet.
—Grade I, North School,
Hinsdale, Illinois
O was an orange
So yellow and round;
When it fell off the tree,
It fell to the ground,
Down to the ground.
Riddles:
It can run and can’t walk.
It has a tongue and can’t talk.
A wagon
What stands on its foot and has its heart in its head?
A cabbage-head
