IN MISS AMELIA'S MEADOW 225 



" Why are they called Moth Mullens? " I asked 

 him. " They look more like butterflies than 

 moths." 



" They keep moths and cockroaches away," he 

 answered, and took a tighter grip of Peter's collar. 



When we reached Miss Amelia's house we 

 found that both she and Kate Hood were out driv- 

 ing, so there was nothing for us to do but go home. 

 Tommy was a little more cheerful, and Peter 

 seemed happier on the way back. He ran and 

 jumped and wagged his tail for joy when Tommy 

 let go his collar, just as he used to do. 



The walking In Miss Amelia's meadow Is very 

 bad. Cows go In there and make great holes In 

 the ground with their feet. Sometimes I stub my 

 toe In them. Indeed If there were not so many 

 wild flowers In this meadow It would be an ugly 

 place to go. St. John's-worts are still there, and 

 Monkey Flowers, and a few Black-eyed Susans and 

 Buttercups. Other parts of the meadow now are 

 almost covered with Slmpler's Joy, or Blue Ver- 

 vain. 



Some of these plants grow much taller than my 

 head, while others are not up to my knees. This 

 is another wild plant that never lets all its flowers 

 out at once. The Slmpler's Joy flowers are smaller 

 than either of the Mullens, and deep, purplish blue. 

 They grow in bunches like spikes that stand up 

 straight. Sometimes quite a number of the little 

 flowers are open in each spike, but there is always 



