114 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



som screamed through his tears, "Ouch! Wipe my 

 eyes. Goodness, what a taste! That should keep 

 most anything away." 



"Hooray! That's a good joke," said Pinkie 

 Blossom on the unsprayed limb. "Never touched 

 us. Missed us entirely. We didn't get a bit." 



"Well, you didn't miss much," said Baby Blossom. 

 "However, time will tell whether you are in luck 

 just now or not. You seem to be now, but from 

 what Bluey Jay-Bird said I have my doubts about 

 it." 



After a lapse of a few weeks, on one bright morn- 

 ing the young pippin, now beginning to grow into 

 quite an apple, ventured the assertion that the twig 

 he was on was beginning to complain about his 

 weight. After looking around, he said: 



"Say, fellows, what is the matter with you on 

 your limb? You say that codling-moth's children 

 are eating you? Oh, that's too bad!" 



"You will remember that we were rejoicing when 

 we didn't get sprayed," remarked one poor little 

 fellow who was about gone, "and feeling sorry for 

 you with your eyes full of spray material. Well, we 

 were the unfortunate ones, since the poison you re- 

 ceived killed old codling-moth's children as soon 

 as they were bom. But we didn't have any protec- 



