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said, " They eat the bugs and worms and things that 

 kill the gardens and fields." 



" You are right again," said the Doctor heartily. 

 '' What is one thing that man and every other animal 

 must have to keep him alive ? " 



^'-Food!'' shouted Nat, and then grew very red, as 

 the others laughed, because since he had been at 

 Orchard Farm his appetite had grown so that though 

 he ate twice as much as Olive and Dodo he seemed 

 always hungry. 



" Yes, food. Bread, meat, vegetables, and fruits, 

 but bread first of all. What is bread made of ? " 



'' Wheat, I think," said Nat. 



"Rye, too — mother's rye-bread is drea'fly good," 

 said Rap. 



"Don't forget Mammy Bun's corn-bread," added 

 Olive. 



" All your answers are right, for many different 

 kinds of bread are used in various parts of the country ; 

 but whether it is made from wheat-flour, or rye-flour, 

 or corn-meal, it all grows from the ground, does it not ? 



" Now the next sort of food — meat, the flesh of 

 animals — oxen, sheep, pigs, and poultry — what do 

 they feed on ? " 



" Oxen eat grass and hay and meal," said Dodo, in 

 great haste lest some one else should speak first. 



" Sheep eat grass and hay too. I've seen them over 

 in the pasture on the hill," said Nat. 



" Pigs will eat any old sort of thing," said Rap. 

 " Sour milk and snakes and swill and rats." 



" Ugh ! " shivered Dodo. " Are all those nasty things 

 in sausacres ? " 



