THE MAPLE FRUITS AGAIN 



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So they have mouths in their ^ 

 feet. 

 And their feet are in the 



For this is where their 

 food is. 



A little later 

 two long leaves 

 came out of the 

 cradle. 



But they did 

 not look like ma- 

 ple leaves. 



The baby did not """ 

 care. 



He was only too glad 

 to have any leaves. 



Before long two more leaves !|>-' came out 

 of the bud. 



These were just like the leaves on the 

 mother tree. 



