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the ends of the stems. They are white with a pink 

 tint, and so smooth that they make me think of 

 wax. They look Hke snap turtles, which must be 

 the reason that some one named them Turtle- 

 heads. Indeed it is very curious how much these 

 flowers look like turtles. They have a tiny piece 

 like a tongue sticking out from a part that looks 

 like a mouth. But I can never make you under- 

 stand just how funny they are, so hurry upl 

 We're nearly there." 



We had been walking along by the stream, and 

 in one place the ground was so wet that when I 

 pulled my foot up, the rubber boot stayed down 

 in the mud. I wondered why any flower should 

 choose this bunk if it knew how horrid it was on 

 real rainy days. Joe Pye-weed was tossed about 

 by the wind, and once a long spray of Goldenrod 

 flapped under the umbrella and across my face. 



" Here we are," Tommy cried, " and here is 

 Turtle-head." I saw then that the flowers were 

 like wax, and their turtle heads were ready to 

 snap. He hadn't told me about the leaves, but 

 they were long and narrow, and a little like saws 

 around their edges. 



" It comes up here every year," Tommy said. 

 " I love it because it makes me remember the 

 summer, and forget that Jack Frost is beginning 

 to wake up after his long sleep. We won't pick 

 it," he said, " but when the rain stops we will bring 

 Lucy to see it, since we know now it is blooming." 



