Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-16
Chr family Circle.
About a Little WAY Flower.

Tut. Tut. What tnis2 What's this
I A little green May flower. a | believe
Why, belieye | have blown is blank,
of. Really, I'm getting too bois. erou
+ Why, yol dear little thing, I'll give w
just one lOye-pat, and then cover YOU u
again. And the South Wind bent owe
tie crib Of little May flower. whose blsr
sc. Of soft brown leaves she had blow
of, gave her just pat or two, humme
round sort Of cheerily. and was going :
tuck her up again.
Oh. Miss South Wind. don't cover N
up. | have had this warm. sticky blan
ket on all winter. Just let me get up an
shake myself. And little May flower, 70
she spoke, began to lift pair Of gree
leaves, like = sleepy bird, who yawns an.
-tirs its wings.
50. 50. my dear. Don't you want Nj
to cover you up? Its really too early t.
wake now. It's only the middle Of March
Jack Frost will come along all of sud
den, dearie; and oh. oh.-here molher,r
Miss South VIM gave long sign. a /
he meant something dreadful. Oh! Oh
He has just the sharpest, spitefaltst pair o
tweezers, and he Il nip your nose of.
don't know but he'll nip the life olt Of
you.
But little May flower shrugged her CLOS
s. shoulders; and can't say whether i,
was just wrinkle TO her leaves she gave
or an absolute pout. | don't want to be
covered up, she murmurcd. And gentle
Miss South Wind, seeing it was Of no use
10 argue, gave her q loving kiss. patted
her tondly, fetched sigh from the depths
Of her warm heart, and eff she went with
= soft whirr Of her wings.
Little May flower enjoyed her freedom
very much. Open-air life, she said. al
ways did agree with me. can't bear to
be housed up. l must have my fresh air
and have it all the time. The weather
Kept warm quite q while. The pines shook
cut their stittened tassels and sang pie $
an,ly all day u one another in the mild
southerly airs. The solemn old crows sat
on the highest boughs in the sunshine,
and their wicked eyes kept winking. wink.
ing, winking, rs much as to say 10 each
other: You know, Just hold on 4 few
days. There will he corn down in the
fields for us to pick up, Cav Cav.
Cav. And ferocious chorus they set up
together. the Williams.
There was little brook Just below. and
it seemed to feel the genial spell that pre-
vailed. Oh. it grew 50 last those warm
days. This weather DOES me a heap oil
good, it said. I'm good deal bigger than
was. And of it went, chucking and
laughing and sparkling and sp'ashing and
rafting and jumping. Everybody thought
It had gone mad Not bit like the
l1ict digntied stream that people found
here in the summer.
But, OH dear me. How can l tell I'LL
guess Ill Try to. One DAY that awful |
Jack Frost came along. He must have
oeen IN a barber shop a. the North Pole. I
or his hair WAS powdered with snowfakes. 4
ais face WAS freckltd with frost-crvs,als. /
lis coat was studded all over with hail I
tones, and lie Jumped along in two lei
les. | know he had lump Of ice for
leart, the mean, cold-natured thing. He
anne to the brook. | will stop thi-. said
lie. And he just laid pavement of white
marble up and down the stream.
he troze up the tasseIs Of the pines, and
le made the old crows chatter in the cold
Ill their bills came pretty near dropping
he black vagab1nI.' - ~
And Iirle Nav aowar, WI, l.. 49,,
u~rnsa b.nrnn,.J >, Lar3 7. '..- ug pu
uch a dreadful accident.
Little May flower Iad ambitigusly satt
et heart on getting up y spring bonnet.
he wanted IN o., ,bsaJ 81 Ill ,bI IN. AM.
overs. AsTfI,nL If tbo f,arf' IT, - go ~.
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ven in these dnII nrosr rs WIN '.''' ny ','i!
ONE along b1t .tpnt ,[r MI. ~ I W.iu1
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,ouob tHat he Nj -, Lo. nus say
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n tbora n,as he 80 w tie olanAet' W
u tllete was her pet wasn't May flow an
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