Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 105
s.Suppose that dark lump down yander was a turkey.Just look at it long enough and you kin make itout. You see what I mean, dont you ? Yes, said Harry, peeping over the blind ; Isee it, and then, with a sudden jump, he whisper-ed, Tony! its moving. Tony did not answer for a moment, and then… … to be a wasps nest. It is, however, the seed-vesselof a plant, and the loose little balls, which look asif they were ready to roll out of the holes, are the beansorseeds. In India it is known as thesacred bean, and in this country it is often called thewater-chinquepin, because its seeds resemble…
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