Show r GRAHAM VEGETABLE RACE Two little boys and their small sister sis ste ter were ere making the garden grow Once a week a gardener came and did all the heavy work and at tight night their daddy would auld help to water ater the little rowing growing green things But all the rest of ot the work the they did lId themselves It took a great deal of time too but It was such lIuch fun tun And oh there wits great rejoicing when first the seeds showed above ahoe the ground and and- when the plants that hind Imd been put In the hotbeds began to look so 10 handsome and green I IThe IThe The children used to hoe hoc around the beans and potato plants II then they weed and make the dirt nice and soft around the vegetables They would water them so 10 they would have ho cooling drinks and und be ro r n The Thc plants were warmed wormed and hlll helped to grow by the sun It really was avery a II avery very cry line tine looking garden and nil all the theve ve vegetables seemed to be thriving splendidly They were still n a little young though the lettuce was almost ready rendy to be eaten that eaten that Is It If people didn't mind Just having ho n II tiny Uny tas taste taste- e- e of ot lettuce let leI tuce for tor the thc leaves Ira were very ery small The children kept from picking the tile lettuce until It really grew enough for tor they wont wanted to make n a showing but they Ihry did begin picking It as ns soon as os the they could They grew to know what alt all the little green stalks stalls and nud leaves Irn meant and what vegetables th they y were They loved lo the green of ot the carrot stalks and they thought It quite II FI hM Aal r n I It t d e f hi hiT 1 T l t to ti I Isral e ky I Out Dut They Did Begin Picking I funny tunny that such n plain substantial vegetable should be ha so 0 dle dressed up The beets heels hind had such nice reddish reddish- green leaves Ira and they liked the thc thin stalks of or the lie little onions The radishes were welo coming alon along so eo nicely and the pOj and thu tho tomato tomato to to- mato vines and the tho beans and the tile parsley were nil all growing beautifully After the first crop croll of or lettuce was almost finished they ther started n a second crop and a u second crop of rudl radishes hes too loo Now ow one night the Fairy Queen took tooka a n walk through brought that garden ln and ond she heard all ull the vegetables talking and whispering to themselves No 1 one else of or course could have ha understood their talk What are you saying vegetables she asked We are ore saying sl that we love lo to race ruee Of course we do not get Jet ahead of 01 each other If It It Is not right for us to do so 80 Sonic Some of ot us come cODie along ahead of others but each races rucus to do the best possible work for tor the vegetable family fatal ly Iy to which it belongs l Each ach vegetable wants unis to be the thc first of at Its family to be eaten And ind nd oh what fun lun we have here her so nicely taken care cure of and looked after otter lint Hut well we'll tell you a II secret Fairy Queen What t Is Js It she asked as Were going to whisper suggestions to the children childen that lint they sell some of ofus ofus ofus us and make some money lIry and were we're going to help theta ni all 1111 alle we e can Fine said the Fairy Queen And the children made mude their vegetable vege vege- vegetable table garden pay It was such foul fuu tuu I |