Identifier: natureinstoryver00jaqu (find matches)
Title: Nature in story and verse..
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Jaques, Kittie Baldwin. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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re I will be the finest plant inthe world, and have the most beautifulflowers of all. He awoke, at last, to find himself a weed. Little children are not like the plants.They can become what they want to be. If I want to raise morning glories, Imust plant morning glory seed. If I want to raise radishes, I must plantradish seed. If a child wants to grow up good andlovable, he must sow good seeds (havegood thoughts). If he is unselfish, agree-able and loving, he will grow that way. If he delights in doing wicked things,and in hurting others, he will become likethe thorny plants, who hurt all who comein contact with them. Wouldnt it be much better to be like thebeautiful blossoms that give joy to all ? What kind of a little seed are you goingto be? Have you ever heard the song:Then scatter seeds of kindnessFor our reaping by and by ? 22 NATURE IN STORY AND VERSE. Ask your mothers to sing it to you whenyou go home. We will now make pretty borders androsettes from some of these maple seeds.
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Maple Seeds NATURE IN STORY AND VERSE. 23 The Walnut Tree Oh, large and noble walnut tree,With nuts so round and brown, When will you leave the branches highAnd come a tumbling down ? I watched you patiently for days,While sitting in your shade; And dreamed of winter hours to come,And children happy made, By walnuts, large and sweet and ripe,Cracked by Grandfather dear. The walnuts which are hanging thereWill childrens hearts soon cheer. A Thanksgiving Talk The celebration of Thanksgiving is anold custom, as old as the human race. The Bible tells us of the Feast of thePassover, which lasted seven days; sixdays of feasting, and on the seventh, a dayof praises to the Lord. This feast com-menced when the corn was being cut. 24 NATURE IN STORY AND VERSE. Nations which had been blessed were tolend to those which had not been pros-pered, and those who had abundance werecommanded to give of it to the poor. We read of a great Thanksgiving cele-bration in Holland as early as 1575, whichwas obs

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