^ Violets, ^Primroses and Wallflowers ^ 



sister on earth. i But our Heavenly Father knows your 

 name. Ask Him and He will tell you.' In the morning 

 when she woke she saw a group of daisies near her throw- 

 ing back their lovely crimson-tipped petals to be kissed 

 by their big brother the Sun. ' Do you remember your 

 name ? for I have forgotten mine,' she said to one of them, 

 a gay little fellow with more crimson tips on his petals 

 than any of the others. * I did not hear your name,' he 

 replied, * but ask our Heavenly Father and He will tell 

 you. We are daisies. What other name could be ours, for 

 see how like we are to our big brother.' And he turned 

 his laughing little face up to the Sun. 



In the cool of the evening God walked in the garden. 

 In time He came to the little blue flower and with adoring 

 love and wonder she beheld His face. Presently she said 

 very humbly, ' Alas ! that I should have forgotten the 

 name Thou gavest me.' The Heavenly Father smiled on 

 her, but He did not tell her the name she had forgotten. 

 He answered her, ' Forget-MV-not.' 



The little blue flower was silent with happiness. So 

 beautiful a name would have crowned the furthest star 

 in the Heavens, yet her Heavenly Father had chosen to 

 bestow it on a little flower of this earth. The forget-me- 

 not is still a dreamer. Through the centuries she dreams 

 and forgets continually, but she does not forget her name. 

 So earnestly does she obey her Heavenly Father's com- 

 mand that not only is the blue of Heaven in her petals, 

 but something of its peace and joy as well. And to all 

 who look on her she gives a peculiar joy. 



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