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" At least," Grandmother said, " there's more 

 room for them to grow here than in the old coun- 

 try, for most of the ground there is taken up by 

 people and houses." 



We all could see that they were not a bit 

 crowded in this meadow. Grasses grew with 

 them, and a few Cat-tails, but no other flowers 

 were in sight. Philip ran to get some Cat-tails, 

 and just as he reached where they were, he saw 

 Kate Hood walking through the Purple-spiked 

 Loosestrifes. 



"Hello!" he cried, and she called back, 

 "Hello!" 



" What are you doing out here? " he asked. 



" Getting flowers ! " 



" Those purple ones fade," he called; " get Cat- 

 tails, and come with us to Indian Monument." 



Kate said she could do that, because Miss 

 Amelia was away from home, and she had to 

 amuse herself. 



We didn't get over this meadow very quickly. 

 It was wet in many places, and as Grandmother 

 couldn't jump from one hard grass place to an- 

 other, we had to make long curves around the field 

 and keep where the ground was dry. The next 

 field was very woody, and after we had been in it 

 awhile we saw that picnic parties had had their 

 luncheon there, and left old boxes and egg-shells 

 on the ground. 



" How ugly these things make the woods look," 



