FINDING FERNS TO TRANSPLANT 79 
he cared so much to go out into the woods with us 
for fqrns and help transplant them, when at his 
place there were such beautiful and rare ferns in 
one of the glass houses. We thought it must be 
because he liked to tell us all the interesting things 
he knew about the wild plants of the woods. 
“We should not have known the plants were 
ferns if it had not been for him,” I said. 
“Nor should we have seen that woodpecker,” Jo- 
seph replied. 
Then we both wondered why it was that he did 
not act a day older than ourselves, and if he would 
come again. 
