AND HIS PLANT SCHOOL 



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"Oh," he thought, "if they would not look at me so I 

 should feel lots better." 



But so many disagreeable things had come to him in 

 his lean little life upon the desert that he soon recovered 



Baby cactus in boxes and hotbeds. 



from his embarrassment and forgot himself in the beauties 

 about him. What a contrast to the poor dwarfed hungry 

 ones with whom he had always associated were these 

 well-fed, beautifully clothed plant children ! 



When Opuntia became better acquainted, however, he 

 felt more at ease, and soon he talked freely with his new 



