CHAPTER XVI 



PHILIP HEARS ABOUT THREE NEW FLOWERS 



It is the last week In May. In Grandmother's 

 rose garden there are pink, and white and red 

 buds all swollen and ready to burst out, and two 

 Roses are in full bloom. Herr Wilhelm Fritz is 

 very proud. He says : " Little Miss vill no 

 more go to voods fur der vild flowers, but vlll 

 step Into peautlful garten." I should like to visit 

 Herr Wilhelm Fritz in his garden very often, only 

 it is much more fun out In the woods. Grand- 

 mother goes to see him and talks with him every 

 day, and as long as he has his flowers he is never 

 lonely. 



The woods are very gay now, and some new 

 flowers are there that I have just begun to know. 

 Tommy thinks that after they have faded the 

 woods will look more green, but not so pretty again 

 until spring comes back. 



Philip Todd has been away for a week. He 

 went with his mother to visit an aunt where he 

 told us he had six girl cousins. Now Philip's 

 mother calls him her little lamb, and nobody ever 

 heard of his being punished; so Tommy is won- 

 dering how he enjoyed himself when he was visit- 



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