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mony he dived into the kiscious meat, while the juice 

 spread to his ears and the seeds flew in every direc- 

 tion. When he had eaten the rind down to the bit- 

 ter part, he handed it to the monkey and signalled 

 loudlv for more. 



The monkey nibbled a little on the rind, made a 

 wry face, and threw it into the garbage basket; then 

 began to pick up the seeds. He refused to accept 

 any more watermelon until William gave him a big 

 red chunk out of the center, which caused him to 

 change his opinion. 



When the melon was finished, William cut the 

 rind into pretty shapes for preserving and saved 

 most of the seeds for another crop; the monkey 

 watching him enviously meanwhile, thinking he was 

 going to eat all those seeds by himself. 



Finding Lightwood 



A short time afterward, William made another im- 

 portant discovery while wandering over the slope of 

 the mountain. A little grove of pine trees, much 

 like some in Virginia, covered one of the dry knolls 

 and manv ot the trunks had fallen and rotted awav, 

 leaving only the resinous heartwood and fat pine- 

 knots. 



The house had been in darkness at night, except 



