﻿CHAPTER THREE: A Discovery.

	Pete showed his father the plants he had found.  
	He told him about the strange plant with the white flowers, too.  
	"Yes, these are the right plants, son". His father smiled. 
	"But where did you find that plant with the white flowers"?
	"I'll show you when you are feeling better", said Pete.
	"Good", said his father. 
	Pete boiled some water in a cup.  
	He put the willow bark and the boneset in the water to make tea. 
	After letting it sit for awhile, Pete's father drank the tea. 
	Pete put the pine sap and club moss spores on his father's leg. 
	Then Pete's father slept for hours.
When he awoke, Pete's father felt much better. 
The willow bark and boneset had made his fever go away. 
The club moss spores and the pine sap were helping his infected leg heal.
	"Peter, can you help me make a crutch", asked his father.  
	"Then I want you to take me to see that plant with the white flowers".
	"It's in this clearing by the river", Pete explained.
	They hiked to the clearing.  Pete's father studied the plant.  
	"You've made an exciting discovery" he said. 
	"We'll take some cuttings from this plant.  And you can name it".
	"I think we should name it for your friend Ben Franklin. He likes science.  
	He'll like to have a plant named for him".
	"That's a fine idea", his father added, looking at him proudly. 
	"And Pete, you're going to be a great flower hunter".
