TURNIPS.
| white | win´-ter | sor´-ry | pressed |
| ly´-ing | din´-ner | heard | meal |
| tur´-nip | read´-y | peo´-ple | mean |
| picked | but´-ter | bread | jok´-ing |
1. 'What are those sheep eating over there, at the far end of the field? There is something white all over the grass. What can it be?'
'Chalk?' Dora asked.
'No, they never would be so silly! Let us go and see.'
2. Up they got, and away they went. They found that the white things lying about on the grass were bits of turnip.
Harry picked one up and looked at it. It was only a round rind: all the inside had been eaten out.
3. He took it home with him to show to his mother, and she said:
'I saw some bits like this that were shooting out green leaves when spring came. They had been lying out on the ground in the winter, yet there was so much life in them that they could grow again. But, come, wash your hands: dinner is ready, and I have something to tell you. We are going to have turnips for dinner!'
