Show I I I d nonny TS yin MR 1 Jl n II-n AXT r T Bobby sat down own upon a stone and began to sulk Mania Iama had asked him hint to weed tho the garden gar en for her before ho went out to play with the other bosand boys bos and nohl Bobby who lio didn't like Ilko to lo work an any too well an any any- c e was waa qui o o e put out for tho lie boys os o's were to call for him early as tile the they all had planned on a n. Inn trip through th the th woods I J dont don't see Ice how I can do all this garden before the tho they J get t h lu liere re and nd Bobby kicked tho the dirt with his feet Well cried a CL tin tiny voice olce I cant can't cantsee cantsee see sec why hr you OU should tr try try- to tr trample reat hl big brown ant me mc antI and a great crawled out from under a n. clod of or dirt and brushed off ott his little suit Just because youre you're cross Is no reason rC to tomake tomake tomako make mako me mc cross w Well lt of or all things Bobby Bobby- cried and the frowns left lert his face ace Excuse me I didn't see sec you under m my ray- feet feet la laughed sh d Mr r. r Brown Ant climbing up on a blade of ot otra grass gras ra 1 so he could be bo nearer Bobb Bobby But nut what's happened that makes you ou so EO cross croEl Oh mamas mama's n asked ked me to weed this old garden arden and If It theres there's one thing thin Ido T I TI do unto hate to do its it's to weed the tho garden ar en replied d Bobby But you oU dont don't object to cat eating In the radishes onions and lettuce and things s after aCter the they grow ow do you ou asked Mr Ir Brown Ant tnt Certainly not replied d Bobby I Ilove 1 love nt t thorn I Then Th you should he be willing to help 1 them grow ow said Mr fr Brown Ant They cant can't grow It If they're choked with old u 1 weeds eeds s But nut Its It's hard work said Bobby Crawling around on my 01 knees makes make my legs stiff When I stoop over It hurts burt mv nn hack back Well Mr fr Drown Brown Ant If It you ou feel foel that way about It you shouldn't bo be so read ready read to cat eat th the the- vegetables vege cJe tables after they're grown grow If Itt a things thing's not worth working for its it's not worth having having lt at least least that's tho ho way a wo we 0 feel about It Ip In You Ton Just I come orne along with mo me and Ill I'll show you OU OUm m minn nn inn land another word Mr Ir Brown rown Ant nt l led ri Bobby over o to a cleared space In Inthe Inthe inthe the center of at which rose rOle a mound about fifteen Inches hl high h. h The ground round aroun around tho the mound had been heen cleared away for about four tour f pet feet et Not Kot a n. ba blade c of grass or wet weM 1 could be found m my hous house raid paid Mr Ir Brown Ant proudly proud pointing to the mound and this my ray farm Soon you'll see this smooth place waving with a certain tam tain grain hearing grass ss that wo we O ants love better than anything eh else But Dut do you think It would grow Krow If IC I allowed the tho weeds eeds or other grasses r to come como In In InT InI I T I should say aY not Wh Why It keeps mo me busy bURY keeping It cleared but hut rm Pm going I Ito to do It even eten If It It does docs mako make mo me tired I Being tired Is nothing to being hun hun- gry gr Ive I've been both hoth and I know After r the thc grain Is ripe ripe Its Its It's a small white sort flinty of seed seed wo wo harvest hanest It and carry carr It down Into our granary cells Its packed away aaY after alter wo we separate the seed fIed from tho the chaff charco After that wo we carry the chaff chart out of oC tho the place arid and dump It several feet awa away from the farm so 50 as not to spoil tho the looks lo of oC our place Oh Oh Ye yes and In 1 if IC It happens to get et wet et owing to a hav heavy storm we carr carry lie tho grain out and let It dry In tho the sun otherwise the s seeds would sprout and grow again n So you OU see If It you had all that to do you might complain But nut Butas as aa It is here hero youre you're spoiling a perfectly perfect perfect- ly glorious da day b by grumbling about what hat youve you've been asked to do Instead of oC getting bus busy busy- and nd getting It over O I t h. h un Well sn say l laughed Bobby Bobby- when Mr Brown Drown Ant had stopped talking I certainly am am a n. lazy fellow follow If it I complain com corn plain about weeding this space and Im I'm certainly ashamed of ot myself for gj If It you ou can clear and take care caro of oC this farm Carm I surely I-surely- ought to bo be beable able to l keep cep the weeds out of ot m my garden gardon gar gar- den don and shaking Mr 1 Brown Ants Ant's two front feet Dobb Bobby hurried back home He lie set to lo work with a vim rim and when the tho boys called for tor him hint to go SO hiking not a weed nor a blade of ot grass was left In the garden ar tn patch and Bobb Bobby felt teU better for tor having ha obeyed and and pleased his mama I |