ABOUT BLOODROOTS 37 



and smooth, and at their tops sat the pure white 

 flowers. 



" Perhaps we are not out early enough for the 

 little brown leaves," Tommy said. " Daybreak 

 might be the time to catch them." 



Sallie was the most disappointed of us all at not 

 finding them, and went on looking under each 

 flower long after Tommy and I had given them 

 up. I thought perhaps they might be just as hard 

 to find as Philip's nest of white crows. 



Afterward, when we were gathering Violets to 

 take home to Grandmother we forgot about 

 Bloodroot and the tissue-paper leaves. 



In the morning, as soon as I was dressed, I ran 

 downstairs to find Sallie, for she was not in her 

 room; neither was she in the dining-room nor on 

 the veranda. Grandmother was beginning to 

 wonder where she could possibly be when she came 

 in. She had her hat on and in her hand were 

 some Bloodroots. 



" So you have been to the woods already? " 

 Grandmother said. " My little girl here is never 

 out so early." 



Sallie was so delighted about something that 

 she danced all around the table. Then when 

 Grandmother said it was the country air that made 

 her so lively, she put down the Bloodroots, and 

 under one of them there were two little leaves look- 

 ing just like tissue paper. 



" Even at daybreak," Sallie said, " they are not 



