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He had gone on increasing his garden, and putting in more seeds. Greatly to his delight those he first sowed
now appeared above ground, he watered them regularly, and the plants rapidly increased in size. Some were
evidently cabbages, while others put forth roots with tubers; others, again, greatly resembled spinach.
He had now got up his house, and had dug a garden sufficiently large for his wants. The soil, by being watered
every day, became even more fertile than he had expected.
