Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-27

tha,, u4he bottom. Down the ladder
next Int. Jackie first, then Johnnie,
uo Jessie and then the Sandman. II
wor.h pretty long climb because they
,hn &so small, but they finally reached
roo Notion, and there was a large
thotKI lll filled up with wooden pipes
S1 pked Just like water pipes,
ana ~ of these pipes were yellow
gree me were white and some were
GirecE,n color and they ran in every
Tho ~ las Johnnie was about to ask
,i,t,s &hdman what the pipes were for
soue Jackie turned around and
the Nd: THE green pipes carry
the en Juice up to the leaves and
ow pipes carry the yellow
juice Tor tne~ffsfue or the bfossoms
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
few apples that are not quite sweet
enough SO | 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 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 filed 1t with fresh sweet APP.
pie juice, right from the factory.
Each of them had fine drink and
Jackie then led the way down into
long sort of tunnel which twisted
and turned for ever so far until finally
the passage way in 1t 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. 81 thought
you might like to see where the Juice
comes from. There are a 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 II all runs into
the leaves and they blow It 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 tight
and then he punched a little button.
When he did this the ladder began 10
shoot up to the top OF the tree Just
as II IT had been an elevator and be.
fore they knew 1t they were back at
the little door.
When they stepped outside IL was
almost dark and both the SUNBEAM.
road and the golden automobile had
The Sandman reached up and broke
OF yellow apple leaf that grew inst
over his hert
Come on. children" he called
Take hold OF the stem OF this leaf |
with me and we VIII be home soon"
So they all held onto the stem OF |
the big apple leaf and along came a
big pun OF wind and sent them whirl. |
ing. leaf and ALL They spun round and
round and then they spun over and |
over. and the wind blew the leaf high
above the house. The Twins began t.
feel very dizzy am the Sandman had to
put his arm around Jessie to keep he,
from falling, and then all OF a sue
den came whirling gust OF wind and
whirled them down beside the house
and through the bedroom window
and right smack into their own little
white beds.
(coDynght. lSiI By Joseph b. Bow'eA.j