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shoots. He does not need to breathe ; he must 

 just work and find food for the baby ; he is a common 

 fellow, and it is all he is good for ! " 



"I understand. Now we put water in the hole," 

 announced Mary, resuming her field lecture, "and 

 that settles and washes the soil down about the 

 roots without bothering them ; and now we fill up 

 with dirt and push it down, just as if we were pot- 

 ting a little plant and now it's all done ! I 'm sure 

 the prince did n't wake up, Mr. Trommel," she said 

 earnestly. 



"I am sure he did not, Liebchen; I did not hear 

 him make a sound. Now I put the next one in see, 

 I put him about three feet away. They do not like 

 to be too close, these aristocrats ; they do not like 

 crowding. No." 



"Why could n't we plant the little seedlings from 

 the boxes in my garden? They wouldn't mind the 

 cold any more than the roses, would they ? " 



"Ah, but you see they are very little, very tender, 

 the seedling plants. They are but babies ; you must 

 treat babies differently from big people : they must 

 be kept warmer. Prince Camille, here, is two years 

 old ; he is a young fellow able to go by himself. 

 He is asleep now, too; he will not mind trans- 



