ys seem to say,
'Milk and butter fresh to-day.'

WHEAT.

PART 1.

field
fa'-ther
wheat
plough
bas'-ket
watched
threw
har'-row
grains
east
morn'-ing
earth
joints
be-lieve'
for'-est
stalks

1. There was a very little field at the bottom of the garden, and father
made up his mind to grow wheat in it.

2. A friend kindly lent him a horse and plough, and the soil was quickly
turned over. A few days afterwards the seed was sown.

3. The children helped to do this.

They got up very early one morning and went out with their father. Harry
had a bag full of wheat, and Dora had a little basket.

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4. They watched what their father did, then dipped their hands into the
wheat, and threw it out over the earth.

5. After that, the horse came again with a harrow, to cover the seed
over with soil, and it was left to grow.

6. It seemed strange to think that those little hard grains would grow
up to be tall plants and have other grains upon them.

7. 'I hope we shall have some nice soft rain,' said father, as they left
the field.

8. Many days went by, rain came again and again. There was sunshine,
too; but sometimes the east winds blew.

9. Dora and Harry went out every morning to look at the field. But they
always came in saying that there was nothing but brown earth to be seen.

10. At last, one morning they came in running and jumping. 'Our wheat is
up! There are tiny green leaves all over the field!'

11. After this there was always something fresh to see. The wheat-plants
grew taller, and put out long leaves.

12. Dora said one day that they looked like grass, and her mother told
her that wheat was a large kind of grass.

'Look at the shape of the leaves,' she said, 'and the joints in the
stems.'

13. The wheat soon grew so tall that it stood above the heads of the
children. They used to go in among it, and make believe that they were
lost in a great forest.

14. One day, when they were lost like this, they saw that the tops of
the stalks had opened. Inside there were green stems with green ears
upon them.

WHEAT.

PART 2.

heard
talk'-ing
har'-vest
sup'-per
seemed
sur-prise'
rail'-way
heav'-y
truck
mean
flour
lis'-ten
han'-dle
min'-utes
treat
tea

1. Every day the ears grew larger and harder, and then they be