THE SEASON OF FLOWERS 



THIS summer you have been our guest; 

 we have taken you with us and shown 

 you the way you should go. But you 

 must know your lesson well, for next season you 

 are to go forth alone, to preach the saving gospel 

 of out-of-doors to your family and your friends 

 and your friends' friends to the third generation. 

 For Mother and I have missionary zeal. 



Now, the only thing the o. m. claims to know 

 even a little, is how to cultivate a child-garden, 

 and her main implement is repetition, strategic 

 repetition. A theme with variations is her way; 

 for children as well as men "must be taught as 

 though you taught them not." 

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