9. THE PEA VINE. 



OOME time ago I was a little round pea. 

 I had a coat and a baby plant that 

 was fast asleep inside the seed-leaves. 



I was put into the ground, and strange 

 _ things happened to me. 

 ^ I am held in the ground by my roots. 

 They are not so large now as they will be 

 after awhile, for now they have to hold and 

 * feed a small plant. 



While they are traveling under the ground, 

 my roots gather food for me. Perhaps 

 you will wonder what has become of 

 the food that was stored in my seed- 

 leaves. Can you not guess ? 



, Did I hear some one say 

 that I ate it? 

 Yes, 

 that is 

 just 



what I did. I had just enough food given 

 to me to keep me alive till my roots could 



