LESSON 48
FACTS FOR LITTLE FOLKS

TEA is prepared from the leaf of a tree;

Honey is gathered and made by the bee.

Butter is made from the milk of the cow;

Pork is the flesh of the pig or the sow.

The juice of the apple makes cider so fine;

The juice of the grape makes red and white wine.

Cork is the bark of a very large tree;

Sponge grows like a plant in the deep deep sea.

Oil is obtained from fish and from flax;

Candles are made of tallow and wax.

Linen is made from the fibres of flax;

Paper is made from straw and from rags.

Worsted is made from wool soft and warm;

Silk is prepared and spun by a worm.