TREE PLANTING

TODAY IS ST.CATHERINE'S DAY-THE DAY WHEN.ACCORDING TO TRADITION,
ALL TREES PUT DOWN ROOTS.MR.ELLIOTT IS CLASS ARE GOING TO SEE 
IF THAT IS TRUE BY PLANTING THREE BEECH TREES!NOBODY FORGETS 
TO PUT IN THE STAKES,OTHERWISE THE FIRST GUST OF WIND COULD 
EASILY UPROOT A TINY TREE.THEN COMES A PIECE OF FENCING ALL 
AROUND,TO STOP CATS SCRATCHING AT THE THIN BARK.THE NEXT 
THING TO DO IS TO PUT STEW AROUND THE ROOT OF THE TREE 
TO KEEP THE ROOTS WARM DURING THE WINTER."I CAN NOT UNTIL THE 
SPRING TO SEE THE BUDS AND THE LEAVES!"CRIED HALEN."HOW LONG 
WILL IT TAKE TO GROW IN TO A FULL-SIZE TREE?"PATRIC WENT TO KNOW.
"FIFTEEN TO TWENTY YEARS,YOUNG MEN!!"SMILES MR.ELLIOTT."WELL THAT IS 
NO GOOD!PATRIC BASTS OUT."WE WILL BE GROWN UP"AGREES MR.ELLIOTT.
"BUT WHEN YOU SEE CHILDREN-PERHAPS YOUR OWN CHILDREN-PLAYING 
AROUND THESE TREES YOU WILL THINK "THAT WAS A GOOD THING WE