9. 'Turnips are nearly all water,' said father.
'Now, father, you must be joking,' cried Harry.
'No, I am not. Am I, mother?'
Mother smiled, and said 'No.'
GREEN PEAS.
PART 1.
| peas | watched | half | with´-er |
| flow´-ers | thought | count´-ed | stayed |
| ten´-drils | pur´-pose | true | shin´-y |
| un-rolled´ | but´-ter-flies | flow´-er | touched |
1. Dora was alone in the garden. She had played about till she was tired, when she found herself close to the bed of peas. She had seen her father sow the peas, and now there were tall plants with leaves and flowers and green tendrils.
2. Dora unrolled one or two of these tendrils, and then watched them roll up again. She thought:
'How funny it is of the plant to put these out on purpose to take hold of the sticks! And how pretty the flowers are! They look like little white butterflies. I will pull one open.'