It is not impertinent to offer flowers to a stranger. The poorest
child can proffer them to the richest. A hundred persons turned into a
meadow full of flowers would be drawn together in a transient
brotherhood.

It is affecting to see how serviceable flowers often are to the
necessities of the poor. If they bring their little floral gift to
you, it cannot but touch your heart to think that their grateful
affection longed to express itself as much as yours.

You have books, or gems, or services that you can render as you will.
The poor can give but little and can do but little. Were it not for
flowers, they would be shut out from those exquisite pleasures which
spring from such gifts. I never take one from a child, or from the
poor, without thanking God, in their behalf, for flowers.




LESSON XXXII

THE MOSQUITO

Mosquitoes are found in many parts of the world where there are pools
of water. They swarm along the rivers of the sunny south and by the
lakes of the far north. The life of one of these troublesome little
fellows is well worth some attention.

Did you ever hear about the little boats that they build? They lay
their eggs on the water, in which the sun's warmth hatches them out.