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WHO AM I?

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WHO AM I?

hyacinth

Do you know my name?

nosegay

I am a large tree with very

beautiful white flowers.

The bees love me.

For I give them honey.

Children love me

because I am beau

tiful.

Sometimes they

call me a Hyacinth

tree.

For my flowers

do look like a hyacinth.

Then again, they pretend that

I am the nosegay of a giant.

I think that I look something like a Christmas tree.

My flowers are the candles.
Here is my fruit.

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And here is my large seed.

It looks something like a chestnut.
Now I am sure that you know my

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You must

know my name. My branches

are so gnarled. Even in winter you can tell

who I am.

But I am

most beautiful

in my summer dress.

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Welcome, maids of honor!

You do bring

In the Spring

And wait upon her.

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He had lost his companions.

While looking for them, he saw a fountain. He knelt down on the bank to drink.

He saw a beautiful face in the water.

He thought that it was the sprite of the fountain.

"You are the most beautiful woman that I have ever seen," he said.

"Come to me, and I will always love you."

NARCISSUS

The face smiled back at him.
But she said nothing.

Day after day Narcissus hung over the fountain.

He forgot to eat and drink.

He did not even sleep.

And at last he died

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