CHAPTER IV 



CLOVER 



The Queen of King: Corn. Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins of the 

 University of Illinois has written a little circular which he 

 calls "The Story of a King and Queen." Corn is the king, 

 and clover the queen. In this circular Dr. Hopkins says: 



" Young King Corn found an ideal home for himself on 

 the dark prairie soil, and for many years he lived as a very 

 independent bachelor ; but there finally came a time when the 

 supply of food which he had found already prepared in the 

 soil became partially exhausted, and in hunger he said to 

 himself, ' It is not good for man to be alone. ' He then sought 

 a princess named 'Clover/ and thereafter always rejoiced that 

 she consented to be his Queen. Where she prepared the soil, 

 King Corn was again as well fed as ever. 



" Years passed, and they were happy and prosperous years; 

 but finally both corn and clover were forced to remember the 

 ancient saying, 'And this too shall pass away/ King Corn 

 began to complain again that his bed was getting hard and 

 the food furnished him was not sufficient. Queen Clover 

 replied that she, too, was suffering from hunger, and that her 

 home in the soil which had always been sweet and clean was 

 becoming sour." 



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