CHAPTER IV 



The Garden 



"Food, clothes, shelter, and entertainment. We 

 have the shelter; our clothes will last a while longer 

 if we are careful; and the entertainment can wait. 

 I guess food comes first." No one disputing Hen- 

 ry's conclusion, they all went to take stock of what 

 might be growing in the garden. The supply in the 

 kitchen was certainly not very ample, considering 

 the number of mouths there were to feed, and some- 

 thing must be done before it was exhausted. 



The garden was different from anything they had 

 ever seen before. Surrounding it was a pinguin 

 hedge, which no animal would care to break through 

 because of its long, saw-toothed leaves; and, in one 

 corner, where the ground was rocky, there was a 

 clump of very vicious looking cacti armed with 

 long spines. The pretty cactus fruit was a redeem- 

 ing feature, however, and Henry could not resist the 

 temptation to show the others how the Burbank 

 fruits, shipped from California to the New York 

 markets, were peeled to avoid the nests of aggra- 

 vating little bristles in their skin. They all tasted 



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