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THE PEA 115 
into the nose and cut along the curved edye to the 
stem. Open the pod gently. What is inside? 
Notice the color, shape, and size of the peas. 
Open the pod with the fingers and shake it; do the 
peas fall out? Why not? 
Pick them out carefully one by one; notice the /ittle 
stalk that holds them in the pod. 
On the pea find the spot or scar to which the stalk 
was fastened. 
Find the patch of snow-white hairs on the pod 
between each pea. 
Open a fresh pod as you did the first. Take each 
side at the nose end between the finger and 
thumb of each hand. Pull gently so that the 
halves tear apart. What happens to the peas? 
Do they fall off? Are they all on one half of the 
pod? Do you find any very small peas about 
the size of pin heads ? 
Open a fresh pod and pick out all the peas; now 
look carefully at the inside of it, then at the out- 
side. Which looks like ground glass? Which is 
bright and shiny ? 
Turn a half pod over your finger, dull side down; 
gently scrape the shiny side with a pin or knife 
