The Tree and the Forest 



MANY trees growing together make a forest. 

 Trees in a forest are very much like pupils in a 

 school. Some of the trees have grown very 

 fast; they are very tall. Others have grown 

 more slowly, and are short. 



The trees have branches for arms, and trunks 

 for bodies. They are breathing all the time, 

 and like us, they must eat and drink to live. 

 Some need a cold place in which to live. Others 

 could not grow there at all. The palm of Florida 



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