SPROUT SAT AMONG THE CABBAGES
This may sound queer to you. But Philippe was only five years old, and he believed very earnestly that babies pop out of cabbages.
It is a Belgian folk tale. Philippe had planted these cabbages in his garden for this very purpose.
But no baby sister had popped out of a cabbage yet.
Philippe wanted a baby sister with whom to play. He was the kind of little boy who always longed for something.
He was not really discontented. But he liked new things to happen. And besides he was a bit lonely on that farm, with nobody to play with him.
"Why do you look so sad today, my little cabbage?" asked his mother.
