All thanks to the plants for the clothes that we wear—
The food that we eat and the home that we share—
For the air that we breathe and the fuel we burn—
All thanks to the plants, 'tis our only return.
Davy rather objected to the last line of these verses. He said that it was some return to take good care of plants, especially in the hot summer-time, when it was ever so much nicer to sit in the shade. So another little rhyme was made, like this:
A plant should have the sun and air
And water, and the proper care.
If it has these, and doesn't die,
We'll reap the harvest, by and by.