He took it home with him to show to his mother.
4. When Harry had his helping of turnips he said:
'Now I am a sheep!'
'No,' said Dora, 'the sheep don't boil their turnips, or mash them with nice butter.'
5. 'But raw turnip is very nice,' said her father. 'I have often eaten one out in the fields. I am not at all sorry for the sheep.'
6. 'I have heard,' said mother, 'that, when corn was very dear, people had to use turnips in making bread. They say the bread looked good, and kept well. The water was first pressed out of the turnips, and then they were mixed with wheat-meal.'
7. 'I wish you would make some, mother,' said Dora, 'just for fun, to see what it is like.'
'I will—some day.'
8. 'What did you mean, mother,' Harry asked, 'about water in turnips?'
'There is a great deal of water in turnips,' said mother.