Show I Little Stories for the Kiddies C Mrs Gentian Send Her Seed Babies for tor fora toro a o Sail Get up Get up You lazy babies babies' cried Mrs Gentian shaking her hor blue blossom babies they bobbed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the morning morning- sunlight Its time all of you ou were astir Mr Dee Bee tells me JOe our mistress Summer is packing her grip read ready to take her trip to a sunnier clime and that means before long this field will be mown and then where will you ou be if IC you OU Idle dIe your our time nodding sleepily So awaken quickly and sho she gave Jaye them such a good shaking shaking shak shak- blossom baby opened Its ing In- that every blue eyes oyes and peeked up at the beautiful beau beau- sky through Its collar of oC pale Inn fringe go But what can poor little blossoms like us do do o the they cried merrily Were too tiny to travel tra far Why hy not let us remain near you you ou And fall fail Into a a. sleep from which you'll never a waken awaken asked Mrs IrB Gentian Gen Gen- tian than kind kindly No ind Indeed ed m my dears of ou must travel forth and Every over one you build a horn home of oC your our own I I for one am too weary exclaimed the lar largest est blo blossom gom baby Why Yh not let lot me mo drop down own under our little home hero and sleep until our Mistress Summer Summer Sum Sum- mer iner returns Because Mr lr Bumble Bee tells me methe methe methe the farmer will come today or tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row to cut down the weeds and grasses on this meadow and turn under tho soil read ready for next years year's oars ears planting replied Mrs Irs Gentian So you ou see why I want all nil of you to go forth fUll nail and 1 build your our homes far from here This has been our homes for man years and now we many must change chango it She called to the Wind imps who sailed alle b by and piled her little seed babies Into their fleecy leecy aIr aIr- ships No one ono Is ever er too small to be of or orsome some service In this old world If IC only onh to look pretty prett so folks will smile as they pass by said Mrs Gentian Scatter them t tar far r and wide Wind Imps and carry them awn away from this old meadow meado Mamma Gentian kissed her children good by and then the airships of oC the Wind imps sailed awa away As Mr Bumble Bee Beo had foretold the next dB day found Mrs Gentian nodding the they came camo into gayly ah at the mowers moers as the field and when she felt the tho sharp Shari cut of or scythe she gave a happy happ cry en Her bab baby seeds were wore well on their Wa way to their new homes and she was tired and sleepy sleep She nestled down In the soft tiOn dirt turned up by the plough and soon fell teU asleep happy and contented Mistress Sumin Sum Sum- to wait walt for the return of ot n i-n mer e r. r |