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The trio laughed and raced for the swing, which was first reached by Clara, who seated herself all ready for the push which Malcolm would not grudge, for he pronounced his sister sweeter than apple or peach; and so she was. "The ash," said Miss Harson, "has some relations of which, I think, you will be rather surprised to hear.
'Cold days will come long after the willow catkins appear, and the bees will find but few flowers venturesome enough to open their petals. They have, however, thoroughly enjoyed their feast, and the short season of plenty will often be the means of saving a hive from famine." "Are willow baskets made of willow trees?" asked Malcolm. "Yes," said Miss Harson.
"'The fig tree is common in Palestine and the East," Miss Harson continued to read, "'and flourishes with the greatest luxuriance in those barren and stony situations, where little else will grow.
"What nice times the birds have," said Clara, "helping themselves to all the good things that other people can't reach!" "They are not exactly 'people," replied Miss Harson, laughing; "and, in spite of all these 'nice times, you would not be quite willing to change with them, I think." No, on the whole, Clara was quite sure that she would not.
The children were very much surprised to hear this, and they looked at the peach trees with fresh interest. "Yes," continued Miss Harson, "the family consists of the almond tree, the peach tree, the apricot tree, the plum tree and the cherry tree; and one thing that distinguishes them from the other families is the gum which is found on their trunks.
"'His branches," read Malcolm, "'shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. What does that mean, Miss Harson?" "It means the fragrant resin which exudes from both the trunk and the cones of the beautiful cedar. It is soft, and its fragrance is like that of the balsam of Mecca.
"Are apples mentioned anywhere in the Bible?" asked Miss Harson, presently. Clara and Malcolm were busy thinking, but nothing came of it, until their governess said, "Turn to the book of Proverbs, Clara, and find the twenty-fifth chapter and the eleventh verse." Clara read very carefully: "'A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. But what does it mean?" she asked.
The devoted missionary John Brainerd first heard of this tree-sugar from them, and it is said that he used to preach to them when they were thus peacefully employed, and obtained a better hearing than at other times." "Have we any maple-sugar trees?" asked Clara. "No," replied Miss Harson; "there are none at Elmridge, and I have seen none anywhere near here.
On hearing of these drawbacks the children soon decided that their own dear home was the best, and no longer envied the possessors even of the cow tree. "Now," said Miss Harson to her expectant flock, "it is to be hoped that our foreign wanderings among such wonderful trees have not spoiled you for home trees, as there are still a number of them which we have not yet examined."
"And that really was the case," said Miss Harson, after listening with a smile to this discussion, "although there were probably leaves on the ground for the children to lie upon. A bed of leaves is not a bad thing where there are no mattresses, and such a bed is often used as a matter of course.
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