Now, if I save the
Sunflowers, will you promise me not to cry to come home again till I
send for you?"
"Shall you be able to change her mind, to let us have Sunflowers sown
for next year, too?"
"Yes!"
"Then I promise."
I could have danced for joy. The only thing that made me feel
uncomfortable was having to tell Dr. Brown about the spot on my
middle finger-nail. He Would ask all about it, and so I let out about
Johnson's Dictionary and the Dignotions, and Brown's Vulgar Errors,
and I was afraid Margery would say I had been very silly, and let a
cat out of a bag.
I hope he was not vexed about his vulgar errors. He only laughed till
he nearly tumbled off his chair.
I never did have a spot on my journey-to-go nail, but we went away all
the same; so I suppose Dignotions do not always tell true.
When Grandmamma forgave me, and told me she would spare the Sunflowers
this time, as Dr. Brown had begged them off, she said--"And Dr. Brown
assures me, Grace, that when you are stronger you will have more
sense. I am sure I hope he is right."
I hope so, too!
DANDELION CLOCKS.
Every child knows how to tell the time by a dandelion clock. You blow
till the seed is all blown away, and you count each of the puffs--an
hour to a puff. Every child knows this, and very few children want to
know any more on the subject.
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