A GRAIN OF WHEAT 145 



CHAPTER V 

 color means happen strange 



By and bye the ears began to turn yellow. 



" Yellow is the color of gold/' said the little 

 grain. 



" Yes/' answered the wise grain. 



" But that only means that you will soon be 

 ripe. 



" You will soon be cut down. 



"And then other strange things will happen." 



It was just as the wise ear said that it would 

 be. 



The reaping machine came to the field. 



It cut down all the ears. 



These were then tied together. 

 . They were carried in a great wagon to the 

 barn. 



Then the farmer's wife and daughters began 

 to work very hard. 



"The threshers are coming/' they said, "and 

 we must have plenty for them to eat." 



The threshers came with threshing machines. 



These went Puff ! Puff ! Puff ! Battle ! 

 Rattle ! all the time. 



