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RESPONSIVE READING 



TEACHER: And God said, Let the earth bring forth 



the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its kind. 

 SCHOOL: And the earth brought forth the tree, 

 yielding fruit whose seed was in itself after its kind. 

 And God saw that it was good. 



TEACHER: And God said, Behold I have given you 

 every tree in the field which is the fruit of a tree 

 yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 

 SCHOOL: And the Lord planted a garden eastward 

 in Eden, and there put the man whom he had formed. And out of the 

 ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the 

 sight and good for food. 



WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES 



In the spring when the green gits back in the trees, 



And the snn comes out and stays, 

 And your boots pull on with a good tight squeeze, 



And you think of your barefoot days : 

 When you ort to work and when you want not, 



And you and your wife agrees 

 It's time to spade up the garden lot 



When the green gits back on the trees, 



Well, work is Ihe least of my ideas 

 When the green, you know, gits back on the.trees 



When the whole tail feathers o' winter time 



Is all pulled out and gone, 

 And the sap it thaws and begins to climb, 



And the sweat it starts out on 

 A feller's fored a-gittin' down 



At the old spring on his knees 

 I kind o' like, jes, a loaferin' roun' 



When the green gits back in the trees 



Jes' a-potterin' roun' as I darn please, 

 When the green, you know, gits back in the trees. 



James Whitcomb IlUey. 



SUBJECTS FOR ARBOR DAY CONSIDERATION 



History of Arbor Day. Varieties of trees in California and on our 

 farms. Trees and their relation to birds. Trees and their relation to 

 rainfall. Best trees to plant on the roadside. The most useful trees. 

 How to care for them. Best trees and shrubs for home planting. 

 Schoolhouses: proper interiors and exteriors. School grounds: how to 

 improve them. How to do away with rubbish on the roadside. How 

 to make Arbor Day most useful. 



