Mother Earth’sChildren

The Frolics of theFruits and Vegetables

Mother Earth's
Children

The Frolics of the
Fruits and Vegetables

BY
Elizabeth Gordon
Author of
Flower Children, Bird Children,
etc.

With illustrations by
M.T. Ross

Published by
P.F.Volland & Co.
Chicago

Copyright 1914
P. F. Volland & Co.
Chicago, U. S. A.

Second Edition

This little book is a thank-offering to the thousands oflittle friends who have so loyally given me their best inthe way of encouragement and appreciation, and is mostespecially inscribed to Gladys Doris.

FOREWORD

seed, little friends, is really a plant or a tree allwrapped up in a little brown bundle. If you plant it inthe ground it will grow, and when it is old enough itwill bear fruit, because God has made it so.

¶ Among all the children of Mother Nature, the fruits andvegetables are probably the most useful to us. Whereverwe may go some of these little people are there beforeus, ready to help us by giving us food and to make lifeeasy and joyous for us.

¶ In your Mother’s garden you will always find manyfamiliar friends; in the fields the graceful Grainchildren will nod and beckon to you; in the orchard theFruit children will peep out at you from their leafyhomes; along the roadside the gay little Berries willgive you a friendly greeting, and in the forest you willfind the little wild Grapes climbing trees and playinghide and seek with the Bird children.

¶ The publishers, who have already given you the FlowerChildren, Bird Children, and Animal Children, wishto join the author and the artist in their gratefulacknowledgment of the wonderful appreciation which thesebooks have received, and to hope that these new comradeswill prove as fascinating as those whom you already know.

¶ For myself, little friends, I thank you from my heart.

Elizabeth Gordon.

MOTHER EARTH'S CHILDREN

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