. Little Rosy's voyage of discovery undertaken in company with her cousin Charley . FTER naming this wonderful tree, andtrying to notice exactly what it was likeso that they might describe it to the first peoplewho knew about trees when they got home,Charley and Rosy went on with their walk, andsoon came to a tiny stream, in which grew somevery beautiful flowers. c Why, what are these ? said Rosy. c I neversaw any like them before. ( Nor I, either, added Charley. c We mustname them after your mamma, and take somehome to show to the learned men. c Oh, yes, cried Rosy, clapping her hands,< th
. Little Rosy's voyage of discovery undertaken in company with her cousin Charley . FTER naming this wonderful tree, andtrying to notice exactly what it was likeso that they might describe it to the first peoplewho knew about trees when they got home,Charley and Rosy went on with their walk, andsoon came to a tiny stream, in which grew somevery beautiful flowers. c Why, what are these ? said Rosy. c I neversaw any like them before. ( Nor I, either, added Charley. c We mustname them after your mamma, and take somehome to show to the learned men. c Oh, yes, cried Rosy, clapping her hands,< that will be nice. c Let us bring them up on to the path, saidCharley, and then we can put them into our LITTLE ROSYS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. -. XIV. The next discovery was a new species of flower, which was instantly named after Rosys mamma ; and some specimens were preserved to show to the learned men on their return home. LITTLE KOSYS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. hats. They will look very pretty there. Besides,our hands are hot, and the heat soon killsflowers. c How funny that is! said Rosy, c when theyso often grow in the sun, and get baked by it allday long. c I suppose flowers will bear baking when theyare on their own stalks, but not in our hot hands,answered Charley. c Dont you remember aboutthat stuff inside the stalk which papa showed usone day, and called sap; and how he said thatwas what the plant ate and drank ? I supposethe flower starves, and gets too thirsty to livewhen it is broken off the stem, and that it cantbear heat so well when it has nothing to drink. Rosy thought that Charley must have beenvery clever to find this out. She liked his idea tooabout the hats. In short she liked all Charleysideas. LITTLE ROSYS VOY
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