But the clouds said, “The sun must hide first.”
So the seed called to the sun. “Oh, sun, please hide for a little while. Then the clouds can hang low, and let the rain come down and wet the ground around me, so that it may give me a few drops of water, to soften my hard brown coat. Then my coat can burst open and set free my two green seed-leaves, and then I can begin to be a vine.”
“I will,” said the sun, and he hid at once.
Then the clouds hung low and lower. The rain began to fall fast and faster. The ground began to grow wet and wetter. The seed-coat began to grow soft and softer, until it burst open. Out came two bright green seed-leaves, and the morning-glory seed began to be a vine.—Adapted
Wednesday
Talk about the story of the morning-glory seed.
Thursday
Talk about the part the rain and the sunshine have in making plants grow.