“What is the difference between a mushroom and a toad stool?”
“Well,” Jack replied, “I guess there isn’t really any difference, although some people think that toad stools, if eaten, poison people and that mushrooms are harmless, but some mushrooms are very poisonous, so do not try to use any you gather, unless some grown people know them to be harmless, for some of the most beautiful would kill you the most quickly.”
“I’ve eaten mushrooms,” said Eleanor, “but they were canned ones.”
“Oh, they are safe enough,” Bet smiled.
Then the fairy clock struck the half-hour.
[CHAPTER XLVIII]
Some Ways to Rid of Weeds
“FOUR-THIRTY!” exclaimed Jack, “and we have only until five o’clock.”
“My, you’ll have to talk fast,” said Bouncing Bet, “in order to tell all you want to.”