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you know what roses are ? Didn't you 

 ever see any before ? '' 



'* Yes," replied Peter, " I had some 

 given to me one day by a beautiful lady 

 who came into the hospital, and I 

 thought she made them herself; but 

 they didn't have any bush to them." 



" No, they were broken off like this," 

 replied the lady, and she went to the 

 window and pulled off the very largest 

 one, which she gave Peter. 



Peter caught it from her hand with a 

 cry of delight, and buried his nose in the 

 sweet petals. 



Then a disturbed look came into his 

 face. 



** Didn't it hurt, when you took it ? 

 When I was first sick, the doctor used to 

 pull my leg and it hurt awfully, and he 

 didn't pull it off either." 



" No, I guess it doesn't hurt," said the 



