The field Lesson. 175

wild flowers, which they knew they
might have without asking any one’s
leave, because they belonged to no
one in particular, Often Johnny
used to gather a lot of some
kind that his sister asked for, and
she would make them into chains,
and wreaths, and crowns for herself
and him.

Their mother used at one time
to be rather afraid lest her baby-
boy should put poisonous flowers
or leaves into his mouth, and make
himself ill. But Johnny was not a
baby now; and he knew quite well
that he must not put anything into
his mouth that he picked in the
fields’. He had been told not to