NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



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It half closed its eyes in terror and dismay at its loneliness. 

 Just at that minute it remembered what the other seed said, and 

 so it repeated: "It's all right. I will be what I can." 



So it bent to the wind, and drooped its head to the earth, and 

 looked on the snow. 



Then the wind ceased, and the 

 cold passed away and the snow 

 sparkled like diamonds. 



The flower knew then that it be- 

 longed to the snow, and its name 

 was Snowdrop. So it said once 

 more, "It is all right," and then it 

 waited and hung its head after its 

 nature. 



* * * * * * 



One day a pale, sad-looking little 

 girl, with thin face and large blue 

 eyes, came across the path where 

 the flower grew. She spied the 

 pretty Snowdrop, and joyously said, 

 flower, how glad I am to see you." 



She stooped and picked it. The Snowdrop rested lightly on her 

 hand. It gave joy to the pale girl. What a happy end for that 

 flower. In the cold of winter it had made a gleam of summer 

 for a sick child ! 



A SNOWDROP 



Ah, my little Snowdrop 



