Cran, Marion, 1879-1942 · London, H. Jenkins · leaf 23
ter ; a knottedmisshapen, grumbling besom, growing in the middleof a red-tiled path where the crankiness of its shapebecame dear to us, as well as its snowstorm ofblossom in spring and its treasure of dark purpleplums in autumn. It had had a cruel childhoodwe knew from its twisted back and scowling… … ft V M •xs E- THE FLOWER SHOW 21 lawn a great deal too dark ; our old witch-wifehad been blown down while we slept, and great washer fall. We missed our plum tree ; it left agap in the garden pictures ; with the spring wemourned for the lost blossoming, and later bewailedthe purple fruit. One day,…
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