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have only gone to sleep. To-morrow, when the 

 sun is bright, they will open again. Their name is 

 Pointed Blue-eyed Grass." 



I was glad to know the little flowers would 

 open again, although to-morrow seemed a long 

 way off. I asked Grandmother if they had not 

 come out especially for June, and when she said 

 *' no," I was almost as disappointed as when they 

 had closed so tightly. 



" I have found them in May," she said, " and 

 in July and August, although it is true that June 

 Is their high holiday." 



After we had had dinner, and I was thinking 

 that If I had not found the Blue-eyed Grass there 

 would have been no difference between to-day in 

 June and yesterday in May, Tommy's mother sent 

 a man-servent, called Michael, to ask if we had 

 seen little Trudy. 



" It was Sunday when she came here last," 

 Grandmother said. 



" She has often run away before," Michael told 

 us, " but never at dusk, and to-day Master 

 Tommy Isn't home to help us look for her." 



" I'll help you," I said, and I went to get 

 my hat. 



Little Trudy had slipped away while her nurse 

 was having supper, and Michael remembered she 

 had said something about getting blue flowers for 

 Master Tommy. 



" Then she must be In the meadow," I said, 



