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way and took ten steps where others 

 take one to do the same thing. 



Teddy has tied a rope to the center 

 stake. With a sharp stick fastened to 

 the other end of the rope, he is mark- 

 ing out the circular size of the bed. 

 Teddy takes pride in the accuracy of 

 his work. 



Teddy now proceeds to dig a pit 

 about two feet deep. He sets the 

 spading fork erect and with his foot 

 drives it into the soil to the hilt. Then 

 he bends the handle toward him and 

 breaks out a lump. 



He will put the top fertile soil on 

 one side of the bed, and the bottom in- 

 fertile soil will be placed on the other 

 side. The latter he will not put back 

 into the bed because it has no fertility. 



Spading big forkfuls of earth is 

 bringing beads of sweat on Teddy's 

 forehead and a drop stands on the end 

 of his freckled nose. 



But he does not mind it any more 

 than though he were playing ball. 



Why doesn't he? 



Because he is thinking that some 

 Sunday afternoon next Alay he will 

 take a walk out on the Avenue where 

 the banker and other rich people live. 



Perhaps he will find that his tulips 

 have as gorgeous colors as those of 

 the most wealthy man in town. 



Then so far as tulips go, Teddy may 

 feel as rich as any of them. 



Teddy is now resting by changing 

 work and wheeling stone, which is 

 harder work than digging. 



But a boy does not like to do the 

 same thing all the time. 



The soil is clay and during the spring 

 and fall storms the water does not 



