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 was very proud of the plant, and every spare moment she used to stand before it and tell it all her troubles. On this occasion she was in one of her worst moods, and as usual left her brother to play by himself and went up to the Sunflower to grumble. talked away for a few minutes and then looked up at it as if she expected it to nod its head and quite agree with her, when to her surprise she heard it say in a quiet sweet voice—

"Gertie, dear, would you like me to tell you a story about myself."