PLANTING TREES 



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"You should take out your pruning-shears and 

 cut, cut, cut more than half the last year's growth." 



"But what will 

 they say?" pro- 

 tested Mary. v 



"They will say, \\ A \ 



'Oh, oh! What are 

 you doing ? We 

 shall have no flowers 

 this year ! "We 

 wanted it for im- 

 mediate effect.' " 



"And what shall 

 I say then?" asked 

 Mary. 



"What shall you 

 say ? You will say to the foolish person, ' Then you 

 should have planted it last year. Shall I give the 

 little tree nervous prostration because you want 

 immediate effect? ' " 



"But maybe he would n't let us go on and fix up 

 the place," protested the other assistant. 



"It is probable he would not," answered Herr 

 Trommel, unconcerned, "but it is well to suffer in a 

 good cause." 



