Show The Sandman Sandman- Story FOR TONIGHT THE BRAVEST FLOWER One night the early spring flowers heard the winds whispering among the trees and once In a while they could catch a word which made them all very anxious to hear more for How brave she is Never saw such a fearless fearless fearless fear fear- less little creature were the things I i they heard the Jack J in ck-in knew It was not about him they were speaking of course though he w was s always up bright and early and called the others so he lie pricked up his ears and tried to catch the name of ot the brave little flower Blue Violet w was s too modest to think the winds were speaking of her but all the other spring flowers lifted their heads and each felt sure the winds were speaking about them t Just how they had been brave not one of ot them could tell and J Jack Jack-In- In ck-In- the-Pulpit the lau laughed ed as he bobbed about for he could not think of ot a a. thing any anyone anyone one of bf t the spring flowers had done that could be called brave I guess the winds do not mean that any of ofus us flowers are are brave he said at last They must be speaking of something else for I am up as early as any of you and never never have bave I 1 heard of or seen a brave act by one of or our family I 1 plainly hear them say something about a brave little blossom said one yellow spring flower and who but butone one of our family could be caIl called d blossom I should like to know Jack had to admit that this was true and after a while the tossing of heads and the talk of ot the flowers became becam so bothersome to poor Jack that lie he le Jumped up and called out to them to to stop Never heard I such mch a noise since I bloomed he said Cant sleep or r think l. l with all this fussing Now if you will be quiet I will try to find out from the winds Just which flower th they y yare are speaking of But first you must promise me not notto notto notto to quarrel when I tell you the name namo of the bravest flower You know it can I Ibe be only one of you and the others willI will have to be quiet All At the flowers promised though I some of the very wild ones bobbed about a a good deal b before fore they gave Jack their promise It was some time before the winds came low enough for Jack to speak speak to to them and all the flowers trembled with Impatience but when at last the winds swept swe t close to the ground the Jack Pulpit spoke up loud Who is the bravest flower he asked And the answer came back loud and clear Why little yellow ellow Daffodil ot of o course Who but she could stand stano the cold coid winds She is braver than the early birds she fears nothing but stands against the winds and nd even sometimes a few flakes of snow she Is the bravest little flower that grows All AU the flowers turned and looked at Daffodil and a sound very much like O O 0 came from all of ot the other flowers but the Pulpit held up upa a a. warning finger and all was still but butth butth th the looks they cast on poor Daffodil were much colder th than n any March wind I she had ever faced |