She ran to her garden, saying, "I'm going to put this pea-baby to bed again. Do you think it will grow, uncle?"
"It may, but it is not good for it to be out of bed too long."
"I'll put a stick by it," said Susie, "so I can watch it. Good-by, baby," giving the ground a little pat; "go to sleep."
Then she ran after Uncle Robert and Donald.
"How thick the morning glories are!" said Donald. "Some of them have several leaves on, but here is one with only two."
"They don't look as the bean leaves do," said Susie. "The beans are so thick! These have real leaves."
"Yes," said Uncle Robert, "and if you could see them in the seed, you would see these leaves all curled up in their hard coat."
"This one is just putting its head through the ground," said Susie, "and it has part of the shell on it yet."
"It looks as the little chickens do sometimes," laughed Donald, "when they come out of the nest with a piece of the shell sticking to their backs."
"That hard shell is a great protection to the tender plant as it works its way up through the soil," said Uncle Robert.