Two flowers grew in a garden one morn
\nOne flower perfect, one tattered and torn
\nThe beautiful flower was cheerful and glad
\nThe other was woeful, forlorn and sad<\/p>\n
“Why don’t you cheer up?” the first flower said
\n“Enjoy life! It’s not all discomfort and dread.”
\nThe drab flower answered “Well maybe for you,
\n“But my life is dreary, and I’m feeling blue.”<\/p>\n
The sun rose up high and then settled back down
\nAnd a young girl came back from her day in the town
\nShe saw in the garden two flowers were there
\nAnd delighted at one, which was lovely and fair<\/p>\n
That one she plucked from the garden with glee
\nAnd brought it inside for her mother to see
\nThe fair flower proudly within their house shone
\nWhile the drab flower stood in the garden alone<\/p>\n
The next day the plucked flower, no longer fair
\nWas dried out and gray and as dead as the air
\nWhilst the one in the garden was no longer sad
\n“Maybe,” it thought, “my life isn’t so bad.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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