The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-13

top TO the bottom. Down the nader
they went, Jackie first, then Johnnie.
next Jessie and then the Sandman. It
was pretty long climb because they
were so small, but they finally reached
the bottom. and there was a large
room, all filled up with wooden pipes
that looked Just like water pipes.
Some Of these pipes were yellow
and some were white and some we're
green in color and they ran In every
direction.
Just as Johnnie was about to ask
the Sandman what the pipes were for
little Jackie turned around and
squeaked: THE green pipes carry
the green juice up to the leaves and
the yellow pipes carry the yellow
Juice for the inside Of the blossoms
and after the blossoms are gone they
carry the Juice for the green apples.
The white pipes carry the sugar up
to sweeten the apples in the fall.
Usually they are empty because they
only have to carry sugar up for few
days every year, but just now we have
a few apples that are not quite sweet
enough so I am feeding them a little
more sugar"
| While he was saying this in his fun
ny little voice he turned to a sort of
tool chest and pulled out a little
green cup made out Of an acorn shell.
He held the cup under faucet which
was fastened to one of the white
pipes. and filled it with fresh sweet APP
pie juice, right from the factory
Each of them had a fine drink and
Jackie then led the way down into
a long sort of tunnel which twisted
and turned for ever so far until finally
the passage way In it was too small
for them to go any further.
This is the end of one of the big
roots, and we are way under the
ground now" said Jackie. Il thought
you might like to see where the juice
comes from. There are whole lot
of little suckers at the end of each
root and they suck the water right
out OF the ground and the roots and
leaves turn 1t into Juice for the bios
SONS and leaves and branches and ap-
pies. After all OF the food has been
taken out Of the juice It all runs into
the leaves and they blow 1t out into
the air Just like your own breath on a
cold morning. This one apple factory
uses up enough water to fill a cistern
half full every day"
They now returned to the ladder
and Jessie sighed as she looked up at
the long climb ahead OF her. AS soon
as they were all on the ladder the an
pie man told them to hold on tigh,
and then he punched a little button
When he did this the ladder began to
shoot up to the top Of the tree jus,
as II It had been an elevator and be
fore they knew 1t they were back a,
the little door.
When they stepped outside It was
almost dark and both the sunbeam
road and the golden automobile had
disappeared.
The Sandman reached up and broke
of a yellow apple leaf that grew rust
over his head.
Come on, children" he called
Take hold Of the stem of this lea,
with me and we will be home SOON
So they all held onto the stem o.
the big apple leaf and along came ;
big puff Of wind and sent them whirI
Ing. leaf and all, They spun round ant
round and then they spun over an,
over, and the wind blew the leaf higl
above the house. The Twins began +,
feel very dizzy and the Sandman had +,
put his arm around Jessie to keen he,
from falling, and then all OF a sud
den came whirling gust of wind an,
whirled them down beside the hons,
and through the bedroom windov
and right smack into their own It'll,
white beds.
} (copyriSht lSi2 by Joseph B. Bowlsa.l