rk, Boris?" she asked.

"No, more grass than that even. I want to see it everywhere," and Boris
waved his arms around. "I think I'll go and find lots and lots of it!"

"I'd like to see lots and lots of grass too, Boris," smiled his mother.
But her eyes were full of tears too! "But I don't know where you can go
in New York and see grass everywhere!"

"Then I'll go out of New York!" cried Boris. "If I walk far enough I'll
surely find grass, won't I?"

"You can try," answered his mother. Boris was now much bigger than when
he came to New York and could talk quite a little English too. So his
mother let him walk over the city alone. Boris clapped his hands! For
though he was much bigger, he was still a little boy, you know!

"Which way had I better go?" thought Boris when he was out on the
street. "I think I'll go west first." So he walked west. Though the
streets were crowded he had learned to go faster than when he took his
first walk and discovered the subway and elevated. West, west, west he
went. Street after street,--houses set close together all the way. Then
at last he saw something that made him run. The city came to an end! And
there was a big river, oh! such an enormous river! The edge of the river
was all docks,--docks as far as he could look. Across on the other side
he could see another city with big chimneys and lots and lots of smoke.
There were lots of boats in the river too. "Some day I'll come and watch
them," thought Boris excitedly, "but now I want to find my grass." So he
turned around. "I'll have to go east, I guess," he thought.

So east he went. East he went until he came to his house. But he did not
stop. He went right by it. "How many houses there are" he thought. "How
many people there must be!" And still he walked east. And still the
houses were set close together street after street. After a while he saw
something that made him run again. The city came to an end! And there
was another big river! This edge too was all docks,--docks as far as he
could look. Across on the other side he could see another city with big
chimneys and lots of smoke. "Well," thought Boris, "isn't it the
funniest thing that when I walk west I come to a river and when I walk
east I come to a river too!"

Now this puzzled him so that he thought he must ask somebody about it.
Close to him was a big dock and at the dock was a flat barge. A lot of
men were unloading coal from her. He walked up to one. "Please," he
said