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, which once grew on the banks of the Thames, in England, had been transplanted and brought to this country. It bore the voyage well, and flourished in the garden where it was placed,

A Cowslip, its nearest neighbor, was very kind, and if it ever looked sad, like a stranger, cheered it, and spoke words of comfort. It asked much of its adventures on the ocean, and of its native land. So it told its friend the Cowslip, whatever it desired to know.

It described the ship sailing quietly over the great waters, and its pleasant intercourse with a pansy that bore it company. "We stood side by side on a shelf, in the room of the person, with whom we emigrated.

"The Pansy was blessed with a large family