412 



Junior Naturalist Monthly. 



Everything is just right and tastes 

 good. 



A cliild born in the lap of kixury 

 might be able to see some faults. 



If there are any, the children in 

 the picture do not know it. 



Many a man with great wealth 

 would give a big red automobile if he 

 could find the same pleasure in his 

 food as do the guests of Little Miss 

 Pepperpod. 



Now that spring has come. Little 

 Pepperpod wants to try having a bed 

 of peppergrass in the open garden. 



She gets a garden fork. She steps 

 upon it and finds that her little body 

 does not sink it very deep into the 

 earth. 



She wriggles the spading fork back 

 and forth and jumps on it a little, but 

 she cannot jump very hard for it hurts 

 her bare feet. 



At last she drives it down as far as 

 you see it in the picture. Then she 

 pulls back on the handle of the spading 

 fork as one would pull at the end of 

 a lever. 



Up comes a lump of soil and then 

 another and another and another and 

 another. 



Seeds and plants are not comfortable 

 when growing among clods and sticks 

 and stones. They like a soft bed as 

 much as boys and girls do. 



Little Pepperpod whacks and spanks 

 the lumps of earth with the back of 

 her spade. That breaks them into fine 

 pieces. 



Often when spading in tlic garden, 

 one will find earth worms. Do not 

 mangle their bodies if you can help it. 



They do more for the benefit of 

 mankind than all the loafers in the 

 world. 



