She LOOKED at 'em--and touched 'em--SO--and they grew like mad.

Some folks have that knack--I reckon you have it, too, Mistress Blythe." "Oh, I don't know--but I love my garden, and I love working in it.

To potter with green, growing things, watching each day to see the dear, new sprouts come up, is like taking a hand in creation, I think.

Just now my garden is like faith--the substance of things hoped for.

But bide a wee." "It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em," said Captain Jim.