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THE AUSTRIAN PINE 



(A WINTER STUDY) 



Did the Christmas tree surprise you on Christ- 

 mas eve? What did it bring you that you did 

 not expect? When the presents were all off and 

 the decorations removed, had it any more sur- 

 prises for you? You did not care for the bare 

 tree, then. This bare tree which is sometimes used 

 as a Christmas tree has greater surprises for you 

 than the presents gave. It is full of secrets which 

 few people find out. Would you like to find some 

 of them out, all by yourselves? 



But we must become better acquainted with 

 the tree before we expect it to tell us any secrets, 

 and we will visit one that has not been cut down. 

 What kind of tree was the Christmas tree? 

 Why was an evergreen chosen ? What was its 

 name? Do you think all evergreen trees are alike? 

 [The children find out by examining the foliage of 

 different evergreen trees that they differ greatly. 

 Other differences will be discovered later.] 



We will visit the tree with the long, stiff 

 needles. I will introduce you to it. Austrian 



