DON'T FORGET THE FOSSILS 41 



: Some of our country holidays boys found some 

 fossils and drew them for me, which pleased me 

 very much. Those of you who do not know what 

 a fossil is must ask your teacher to tell you. It 

 would take too much space for me in this letter. 

 Sometimes you may find fossils among the stones 

 with which the country roads are mended, but 

 it takes a sharp eye to detect a fossil from an 

 ordinary stone. 



Speaking of fossils makes me think of the 

 rounded pebbles and stones which strew the fields 

 and pathways. Now stones are just pieces of 

 hard rocks, and when first broken off they are all 

 edges and sharp corners. I wonder if any of you 

 are clever enough to tell me how it is that the 

 corners have all been rubbed off and the pieces of 

 rock made into these common rounded stones. 



Don't forget to rise early in the morning to 

 watch the sun come up, and see the dew on the 

 grass, and the cobwebs in the garden or the hedge- 

 rows. If you are up late enough watch the moon 

 rise, and the stars twinkle out one by one as the 

 twilight deepens. These sights will make pleasant 

 memories for you in years to come, when you are 

 grown men and women. 



Young trees are called saplings, and certain 

 saplings are often planted very close together for 

 a particular purpose. Each young tree feels it 

 must have plenty of light and fresh air, and so 



