| 1 | You! Teacher! You use the diligent sweat, have fed the tender seedling that just broke ground in springtime. | |
| 2 | Animals eat the most desirable growth first. | |
| 3 | Of course the destructive critics have great fun galloping over the tender shoots. | |
| 4 | If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish. | |
| 5 | Then it was that he broke up the soil, sowed the seed, pruned his trees, and guarded the tender plants. |