Show y V u Q le B d la ARY GRAHAM P K tji tjien wn ljubi MISS MARSH MARIGOLD MARIGO LD come ol oi sisters ana brothers trotha s said miss marsh marigold ID do not sleep any more it Is still cool it Is true but you must alva awaken k it Is going to k it bo 0 an early but any NN nay ay w we e must av aan aken for wo we are I 1 cl C l I 1 ingua tor for get k as l ting S up P e early arly in the spring in fact we get pet get up before it is quite spring we do not j in mind ind ley marshes were really in the least were at con cousins ins 0 of f the quite gay buttercup buttercup family but were a good deal larger than the buttercups Butter cups aud add were really quite gay and sunny in our golden frocks there must be many of us too oh yes there are lots of leaves coves and they are as gay and handsome as they can be and we ie must look our best too come on sisters and brothers do not delay so the marsh marigold family began to awaken in the swamp and tried to look their very best we do not care to be picked said miss marsh marigold it Is not that we ie mean to be horrid about it but we cannot live away from the dampness of the marsh we like a good wet swamp and of coure that to be found in peoples houses where picked floii flowers ers go other flowers like to be picked and give springtime joy but it Is our habit to stay in the swamp and we cannot help our ways been family ways for years and years and years yes and good swamp ways too our leaves are somewhat heart shaped so that shows that we do not mean to be cross about being picked we cannot help it that is all soon other flowers will come out it will not be so long but we do not mind tile chilly weather lier most of them want it a little warmer the pussy willows wl llos will not mind it if it is not so warm but they will open their sweet gray faces when the warmer days come the trailing arbutus flowers will peep out of the green leaves with their dear pink and white faces the ferns will soon begin to unfold themselves the ithe spring beauty with its white and pink petals and its veins of rose pink will nill open before long in the woods oviliere it is damp and moist we can understand how it Is that they like dampness and moisture later the columbines will come along I 1 know of a columbine family which lias has always lived along an ugly railway track they said they wanted to make maka ome beauty for the people passing by on trains to see and how lovely they always look columbines are beautiful flowers i II 11 ether hether they wear red frocks or purple white or pink then another nice swampy flower or shrub 8 Is the th e stagger 9 c r bush bus h spying flowers too they have leaves which are thick and look something like leather their flowers look something like blueberries and supposed to be poisonous to any cows who eat them handsome flowers then there are the violets yes they too are spring flowers and the dear little star of bethlehem flowers flo what dear star faces they have so you see bisters and brothers that the spring Is so filled with a succession of beautiful flo flowers Ners that we must hurry it if were nere n ere to get in at the start of tile the procession yes we must look our golden IY best lets all of J us come out and greet the early early springtime 7 so tile the marsh marigold flowers came out and smiled in their sunny golden e 0 1 d e n sy way at the world 1 ii it was nas still later the quite quite cool columbines but the marsh marigold family did not mind MIDI the swamp was as wet a as wet could be and they loed its cool dampness so they bloomed and looked their best as they took their places in the first section of the early spring flower flomer parade |