24 The Pea Blossom. 



The poor girl lay quiet all day long, while her 



mother went out to earn money. 



It was spring. One morning as the mother 



was starting out, the sick girl looked through the 



lowest pane of the window. 



" What is that green thing that looks in at the 

 window ? See, it is moving in the wind." 



The mother stepped to the window and opened 

 it. " Oh ! " said she, " that is a little pea which has 

 taken root here. See, it is putting out its leaves. 

 How could it get into the crack? Here is a little 

 garden you can watch." 



The sick girl's bed was moved nearer to the 

 window, so she could see the growing pea vine. 



When the mother came home in the evening, 

 the sick child said, " Mother, I think I shall get 

 well. The sun shone in to-day very warm. The 

 little pea vine is growing beautifully. I shall get 

 better and go out into the warm sunshine." 



The mother hoped this might be true, but she 

 did not believe it would be so. 



She put a stick into the ground, so that the wind 

 might not break the vine. Then she tied a piece 

 of string to the window-sill and the upper part of 

 window. This was to give the pea vine something 

 around which it could twine. 



