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ray little gnat does my errands very well. You 
sometimes see me in cities, growing upon the sides 
of houses, but I prefer stone walls very much. 
People generally separate me from my friend Gly¬ 
cine, too, which I do not like. Do you see how 
lovingly our vines entwine ? and we set off each 
other’s beauty finely. Her lance-shaped leaves and 
my deeply lobed ones, present a pleasing contrast. 
I admire her pea-shaped flowers, and she admires 
my feathery ones. 
The Glycine said it was very cruel to separate 
such intimate friends. For her part she wished 
people would only look at flowers, and not carry 
one away from all the rest. They were born to 
live together, where the sun drew them forth from 
the earth, and when one was gone, the whole hedge 
lost its harmonious beauty. “They tear us sadly, 
too,” she said, “ when they rend us from one an- 
