`` It 's like the fairy spectacles in my story-book , only more curious , '' said Demi , enchanted with the wonders he saw . `` Dan is a magician now , and he can show you many miracles going on all round you ; for he has two things needful patience and a love of nature . We live in a beautiful and wonderful world , Demi , and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be . This little glass will give you a new set of teachers , and you may learn fine lessons from them if you will , '' said Mr. Bhaer , glad to see how interested the boys were in the matter . `` Could I see anybody 's soul with this microscope if I looked hard ? '' asked Demi , who was much impressed with the power of the bit of glass . `` No , dear ; it 's not powerful enough for that , and never can be made so . You must wait a long while before your eyes are clear enough to see the most invisible of God 's wonders . But looking at the lovely things you can see will help you to understand the lovelier things you can not see , '' answered Uncle Fritz , with his hand on the boy 's head . `` Well , Daisy and I both think that if there are any angels , their wings look like that butterfly 's as we see it through the glass , only more soft and gold . '' `` Believe it if you like , and keep your own little wings as bright and beautiful , only do n't fly away for a long time yet . '' `` No , I wo n't , '' and Demi kept his word . `` Good-by , my boys ; I must go now , but I leave you with our new Professor of Natural History ; '' and Mrs. Jo went away well pleased with that composition day . CHAPTER XVIII . CROPS The gardens did well that summer , and in September the little crops were gathered in with much rejoicing . Jack and Ned joined their farms and raised potatoes , those being a good salable article . They got twelve bushels , counting little ones and all , and sold them to Mr. Bhaer at a fair price , for potatoes went fast in that house . Emil and Franz devoted themselves to corn , and had a jolly little husking in the barn , after which they took their corn to the mill , and came proudly home with meal enough to supply the family with hasty-pudding and Johnny-cake for a lone time . They would not take money for their crop ; because , as Franz said , `` We never can pay Uncle for all he has done for us if we raised corn for the rest of our days . '' Nat had beans in such abundance that he despaired of ever shelling them , till Mrs. Jo proposed a new way , which succeeded admirably .
The dry pods were spread upon the barn-floor , Nat fiddled , and the XXXXX danced quadrilles on them , till they were thrashed out with much merriment and very little labor .
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