CHAPTER VI 
JOSEPH DOES SOME TRANSPLANTING 
S EVERAL days passed before Timothy came to 
work for us again. The weather continued 
chilly and damp, although each time that the sun 
peeped out and lingered on certain spots, it seemed 
warmer than the time before. Over at Miss Wise- 
man’s the snowdrops have been joined by hundreds 
or even thousands of Siberian squills tossing little 
blue flowers through the grass, while in their neigh- 
bourhood there are many crocuses of bright yellow 
which appear to play at being laughing spots on 
the emerald grass. Some of the snowdrops, I no^ 
ticed, even began to fade and to hasten out of sight 
before the sun had a good chance to warm them. 
It appears that they really love March with its cold 
air and winds. 
Little Joseph still regrets that we have none of 
these flowers to cheer up the Six Spruces and help 
us say good-bye to winter. He enjoys seeing them 
at Miss Wiseman’s and at Nestly Heights, but this 
kind of enjoyment is quite different from the pleas- 
ure of having them yourself. In his note-book, he 
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