THE CORN AT THE END OF TWO WEEKS
"It's just like a circus," said Davy. "The beans and morning-glories will be climbing ropes, and the pease will be running up straight ladders."
"And while we are waiting for the performance to begin," added the Chief Gardener, "suppose you let me tell you something about the performers—where they came from, and some stories that are told of them."
II
HEY FOR THE MERRY LITTLE SWEET-PEA
The Chief Gardener went into the next room, which was the library, and drew a cozy little settee up before the bright hickory fire. It was just wide enough for three, and when he sat down, Davy and Little Prue promptly hopped up, one on each side. In a low rocker near the window Big Prue was doing something with silks and needles and a very bright pair of scissors. The Chief Gardener stirred the fire and looked into it. Then he said:
"Speaking of pease, I wonder if you ever heard this little song about
'THE TWO PEAS
'Oh, a little sweet-pea in the garden grew—