"John, where did this bread come from?" asked Mr. Adams, at dinner.
"Why, mother bought it at the baker's, I suppose."
"Very well, but where did the baker get it?"
"Oh, I know," said Mary, "he makes it."
"But what is it made of?" continued the father.
"There is flour in it," said John, "and water, and—and—lots of other things."
"A boy never knows anything about cooking; let me tell," said Mary. "Bread is made of flour, water and yeast and—what else do they put in it, mother?"
"I don't see as you know much more about it than I do," said John.
"You children can learn how to make bread some other time," said Mr. Adams; "I want to know where the baker got his flour."
"He bought it of the wholesale grocer," replied John.