FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND ANIMALS 



LITTLE PURPLE ASTER 



LITTLE Purple Aster, sitting on 



her stem, 



Peeping at the passers-by, beck- 

 oning at them, 

 Staring o'er at Golden Rod, by the 



pasture bars, 



Gives to him a timid nod when he turns 

 his stars. 



Little Purple Aster waits till very 



late, 

 Till the flowers have faded from 



the garden gate ; 

 Then when all is dreary, see her 



buds unfurled, 

 Come to cheer a changeful and 



a sombre autumn world. 



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