The Garden (2)

The sun was warm and bright, but a light breeze made the afternoon comfortable. Not comfortable enough for Nathan, however, who was pulling weeds in his neighbor’s garden to make some extra money. He was glad to get the job, but he was getting weary. “Hi, Nathan,” said his sister Lydia as she came into the garden. “Mr. Jones saw me outside and said I could join you. Wow, what a lot of weeds!” Lydia chose a row of carrots to begin in and started pulling. “Yeah,” answered Nathan, “this is a big...