| Show daar addo eveia 18 fairy tale ay MAW LITTLE ARBUTUS FLOWERS are you ou awake little brother arbutus asked one little arbutus flower just awake said little drother brother arbutus are you as ni vake vakel they asked the next little flower flover im just waking up tile the little flower answered were buil posed to be first to awaken said bald the first little arbutus flower they expect to find us here before members of our family ore are to bo be found anywhere anaw here tito the elif children idren always say that were sure to be here and out and ready before any of the others and we wa must keep up this his fine record one by one the little arbutus flowers opened their little ey acs es and showed that their hadr pink white faces facea were awake for the springtime leitle brother arbutus said the first little arbutus lower flower youre not going to peep peel forth from your leaf are you no im more comfortable with a little leafy shade for my eyes ees wy M beet ye 4 arent quite used to the world as yet then im shy even though the woods are green and dark and quiet and shady I 1 feel a little too uby to tick stick my face right out above the th leaves so do I 1 said bald the arbutus flower so do we the others sold said hell find us he die little boy who always comps comes here to look for us he to take some to their teacher To acher and his sister bister und and their friends filc nils will find us they know were shy they understand they dont expect us to put our faces right out there might be rome who koo kno we were here who know enough about abi th woods and tile the ways of the wild flow ers but these children know oh they know all right are all the members of the family awake around here asked another little arbutus flower just awakening were almost all awake now they said some home are still taking an extra little nap or so justa just a few minutes more kind of a nap but be awake in time they cant can t resist one more little nap in ili the soft springtime air the vo voices I 1 ces of children were heard th through rough tile he woods 1 I wonder if out yet sold said a hoys boyl voice 1 I wunder said a girls then some other children said bald well you say this Is the place where always to ile be found first we came here with you last year ear and they were out it wan wonderful ond erful they out and there here any out anywhere annj where else for ever and ever er so long oh shouted the little boy they thearo re ro out I 1 look under these leaves oil oh yes cried the lie little girl giri beautiful and there tire ire lots of them cried the other children wont it be lovely to have them to take home they said raid they planned to take some home nod to take some to their teacher the flowers would look so pretty in a bowl on tier her desk its wonderful that dial were never din appointed I 1 tile the boy sald were never neer disappointed in finding them here when we expect them quite a while d of the other places its wonderful agreed his sister sinter it Is ie indeed sold said the other children and the different little arbutus flow era smiled at each other and said in thear sweet little flower whisper way its it because we know you expect us and we wont let ourselves oversleep |
