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Show HOW THE PEANUT GROW8 B Hero's a plant mother that buries H her children to protect them. H Whllo tho children of other plants H nro being kidnapped by animals and H birds, these youngsters are carefully H hidden away beneath tho ground so H they can grow in safety. H But roan won't permit tho mother H to keep her children long. Ho digs H them up and cats them. Tluo plant H is tho peanut. H Its leaves look Uko four leaved H clover. Its blossoms aro a dainty H yellow, shaped Uko thoso of tho H sweet pea. H When they wither and fall off tho H mother plant begins to worry about H her seed children, for if tho birds H and animals lcldimp them beforo they B ripen they won't havo a chance to H grow and produce moro plants next fl So sho bends her stalks down- ward and each head where tho flow- flfll ers havo fallen off alio pokes into tho ground. Thero tho little seeds do- BJ velop lnsldo of wrinkly, paperllko- flj pods. HI Sometimes tho littlo tunneling H moles will' como and root them out. HI Usually they're safe from nil inau- Hi rauders. flj America gavo tho world tho pea- fll nut. It was found flrbt In Brazil. BJ Since Its commercial value was dU- m covered It has' been planted nil over ""j tho world. j! |