10 



SEPTEMBER 



donkey balloons basket traveller 



And here is the thistle again ! 

 The bees are not near her flowers now. 

 Even the donkey will not eat her dry leaves. 

 But look at the little balloons ! 



See how they fly in the wind. 

 The top part is of finest silk. 

 Below is a little basket. 

 In this basket lies a little 



traveller asleep. 

 The wind will carry him 

 far from his mother. 



But this will not hurt 

 ^A him. 



He will not even know 

 about it. 



He will sleep away until 

 spring. 



Then he will creep out of his basket. 

 He will work and work and work. 

 And he will grow and grow and grow. 

 And at last he will be a beautiful thistle just 

 like his mother. 



