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flower, and which must be the one Francis told 

 the story about. Indeed Grandmother thought 

 when Tommy talked about them that he had 

 simply found a company of Indian Pipes, until 

 he told her they were as blue as though Dame 

 Nature had no other color. He said: "They're 

 a soft sky blue." 



While Tommy chatted I could not but feel 

 sorry for the four little Pipes. All the flowers 

 that grow about them have leaves. 



" They must feel very strange," I said. 



"Not at all," Tommy answered. "That's 

 just their way of growing." 



