IN THE GARDEN.
Reading edition
By Bessie Chandler.
We were working in the garden, My little boy and I, Both digging weeds, And planting seeds To blossom by and by. “Here is some pop-corn, dear,” I said, “I’ll give you for your own; To plant and hoe, And watch it grow, And have it when it’s grown.” He took the kernels eagerly, His little hoe he dropped, Then, out he burst:— “Let’s pop it first, So it will come up popped!”
