_First Boy._ I see no toys—How do you pass your time?
_Second Boy._ I feed the hens, and the ducks; I see the calf fed.
_First Boy._ And what do you do else?
_Second Boy._ I go out and see the men plough; I see them sow; and when
I am good, they give me some corn.
_First Boy._ And what do you do with it?
_Second Boy._ I sow it; I love to see it come up. I have some oats of
my own; they are just come up; I wish they were ripe, we would cut them.
_First Boy._ What is done with oats?
_Second Boy._ Horses eat them.
_First Boy._ We eat wheat. _John_ says the bread is made of wheat.
_Second Boy._ I make hay; I have a rake and a fork; and I ride in the
cart. I rode last year.
_First Boy._ I ride in papa’s coach; and I walk when it is fair and
warm; but I have no tools to work with; I wish I had. I love a toy when
it is new, just the first day I love it; the next day I do not care for
it.
_Second Boy._ I have a spade and a hoe, and a rake; and I can work
with them; and am never tired of them. When I am a man I will have a
scythe, and mow in the fields. I have a bit of ground of my own to
work in.
_First Boy._ Where is it? pray show it to me.
_Second Boy._ Here; come this way. There; you see I have a rose bush; I
wish I could find a bud. Here is a white pink: they blow in the spring.
Do you like pinks?
_First Boy._ We have fine large pinks at home; but these are as sweet—I
thank you.—I should like pinks of my own.
_Second Boy._ I will give you some slips in _June_; and show you how
to plant them; and I can give you some seeds which I took care of last
year.
_First Boy._ You are good to me I am sure; when you come to see me, I
will ask for some fruit to give to you.
_Second Boy._ I have a pear tree; that tree is mine, and we get nuts
from it.
_First Boy._ We have grapes, and figs, and plums; but I love a peach
best, it is so full of juice.
_Second Boy._ We have none of them; I shall like to taste them. Now I
will show you our bees; the hives stand just by. When we take them up,
you shall have some comb.
[Illustration: Cow and calf]