Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 250
rew a dandelion—justa simple yellow every-day dandelion, left blooming longafter all her companions had faded away. The summer waned, and the solitary dandelion stillbloomed in lonely beauty. One day the dandelion feltlighter, and lo! all her yellow petals had suddenlywithered, and there she stood… … The last tiny seed floated away on the warm air,glorying in the golden sunshine. At length the wind stopped, and the tiny seed-boatfell gently into a running brooklet. On, on it sailed,past green forests and golden fields of grain. As the brook flowed on it widened and became amighty river. The…
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