BUDS IN SPRINGTIME

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 292, 5 September 1931, Page 23

BUDS IN SPRINGTIME

get my breath, I was overjoyed to find some nice . crisp leaves of the snapdragon, of which I am very fond. Then began a wonderful trek all round the garden. At last I found a wall covered with a creeper, and decided that this would be the best place to rest when the sun went in, as I love to be snug and warm and never stay up late. The next day, when the early morning sun had warmed the earth, I strolled from my little bed and had my breakfast, of dewy grass. After a good feast, feeling very happy, I basked in the sunshine, and the flies loved to come and warm their toes by sitting on my shell. , Every day my mistress would come to search for me. and after much seeking would at last catch sight of me. Gently stroking my shell to reassure me, I would, after a moment of fear, put out my head to have my chin tickled. It gives me such a lovely feeling. Then when I was put down again I used to scuttle away with happiness. What a lovely summer it has been for me among the leaves and flowers, it Alls me with regret that the bleak cold days have come, and as the sun can. no longer warm me I must go below. The south wall is the Warmest spot, so here I start to dig myself in. It takes me such a long time to burrow down, as I feel so lazy, but at last I am covered, so close my eyes till the April sun calls me out again.