Hepatic a Story. 41 



cold upper world, Nurse Underground Stem helped 

 her push the earth aside. At last her pretty little 

 head was above ground. 



The sun warmed the ground, and the April rains 

 came and helped her grow. Robin Red Breast 

 sang cheerily from a tree near by. 



Very soon she found her hood too warm, so she 

 unfastened it and let it fall back. 



The sun and rain were very good friends to her. 

 She opened her little blue eyes to see her 

 old friends, Robin Red Breast and Old 

 Oak Tree. She nodded to all who passed, 

 she was so happy to see them after her 

 long sleep. 



