[Gutenberg 14610] • Miss Elliot's Girls / Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies

[Gutenberg 14610] • Miss Elliot's Girls / Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies

"Sammy Ray was running by the parsonage one day when Miss Ruth called to him. She was sitting in the vine-shaded porch, and there was a crutch leaning against her chair. "Sammy, " she said, "isn't there a field of tobacco near where you live? " "Yes'm; two of 'em. " "To-morrow morning look among the tobacco plants and find me a large green worm. Have you ever seen a tobacco worm? " Sammy grinned. "