78 LARGE YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER 



already there. When Tommy saw what I had 

 for him, he rushed right off to get his book and 

 to see if the flower were exactly the sarhe as the 

 Lady's Slipper in the picture. Then for the first 

 time since we came to live in the country Tommy 

 quite lost his voice. 



" I know its bunk," I said; but Tommy did not 

 speak. 



" It's name is Large Yellow Lady's Slipper." 

 Tommy said nothing. 



" These are the strings of the slipper." He 

 kept quite still. 



" There's a pink one in bloom, very like it," I 

 said, " and another almost the same, only the 

 flower is smaller." 



" Miss Wiseacre," Tommy said, and Sallie 

 clapped her hands when he found his voice, " it 

 must have been Herr Wilhelm Fritz who showed 

 you that bunk, and who put the Orchid In this 

 pot with the moss around. It's a beauty, and the 

 best present I've had to-day." 



" We are to take it back to-morrow and plant 

 it in the wood again," I told him. 



" Then you can fetch it again for my next birth- 

 day," he said. 



Sallie gave him the Roses, and a very small boy 

 who had just come brought him a silver pencil. 

 He had many little gifts, but he ran away with the 

 Orchid and took it to his own room. 



When all the children were there we phyei 



