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just there, off flew the dusty bee to the next blossom. 
Into this it pushed its way, and in so doing struck 
those pins which have no dust boxes; and upon their 
broad, flat tips fell some of the yellow dust grains with 
which its body was powdered. 
Now there began to happen a strange thing. 
But before I tell you more, I must stop one moment 
to remind you that these pins without dust boxes are 
joined below into one piece, and that this piece is set 
deep into the green cup which holds the rest of the 
flower (see Fig. 4); and I must tell you, that, if you 
should cut open this cup, you would find a number of 
little round objects looking like tiny green eggs. 
The strange thing that began to happen was this : — 
Soon after the yellow dust from the bee fell upon 
the flat tips of the pins without dust boxes, the little 
green objects deep within the green cup became full 
of life, and began to get larger. And not only this: 
the green cup also seemed to feel this new life; for it 
too grew bigger and bigger, and juicier and juicier, 
until it became the fine juicy apple we have before us 
this morning. 
So now you understand a little of what happened to 
make the great apple take the place of the delicate 
blossom. 
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