124 JANUARY 



FIVE PEAS IN A POD 



watered forever earthquake 



Once there were five peas growing in a pod. 



The peas were green. 



The vine was green. 



The leaves were green. 



So the five peas thought that all the world 

 was green. 



The warm sun shone on the vine. 



The summer rain watered it. 



Both the pod and the peas grew bigger and 

 bigger. 



" Are we to lie here forever ? " said one. 



" I am tired of it," said another. 



" I am afraid that we shall become hard/' said 

 the third. 



" I want to see what there is outside/' said a 

 fourth. 



The fifth cried because he could not get 

 out. 



At last the vine turned yellow. 



The pod turned yellow. 



The peas turned yellow. 



