252 Tommy Twister’s Discovery

At the end of a week, to his great
delight, the ark was distinctly larger! It
had grown nearly an inch; and after that
start it grew more and more quickly, until
it had become several feet in length and
broad to match. In six weeks it was
large enough for him to
squeeze inside, and was still
growing.

He let it grow ; for he had
a plan in his head, and
wanted it rather large.

At the end of two

“Dear me ! months the ark was of

hat), a the size required, and

then Tommy decided to

confide the secret to his
father.

“Papa,” he said next
morning before the time came to start off
to school, “will you come down to the
wood with me? I want to show you some-
thing.”

“Dear me!” exclaimed his father on
seeing the ark growing on the tree. ‘ That