9. 'Yes, there is iron in green peas! There are sugar, too, and starch, and fat, and water, and other things. Some come out of the earth, some come out of the air and the sunlight, and some the plant makes for itself. Oh, it is a very clever plant! But all plants are clever, I think.'
IRON AND METAL.
| pock´-ets | heav´-y | cop´-per | sup-pose´ |
| mar´-bles | weight | thought | wheat |
| wrapped | light´-er | zinc | i´-ron |
| size | though | met´-als | ket´-tle |
1. 'What have you in your pockets, father?' asked Harry, pulling at them. 'Nuts? stones? marbles?'
'Put your hand in, and find out. Here, Dora, you can try the other pocket.'
2. In went two hands, and out came little hard lumps, each wrapped in paper. The children laid them on the table in a row, and wanted to know what they were.
'What have you in your pockets, father?'
3. They were not nuts, nor marbles, and not quite like stones. They were all about the same size, but one was very heavy. Harry and Dora held it in their hands to feel how heavy it was.