Chapter 98
The SnowdropIT was winter-time; the air was cold, the wind was sharp,
but within the closed doors it was warm and comfortable, and within
the closed door lay the flower; it lay in the bulb under the
snow-covered earth.
One day rain fell. The drops penetrated through the snowy
covering down into the earth, and touched the flower-bulb, and
talked of the bright world above. Soon the Sunbeam pierced its way
through the snow to the root, and within the root there was a
stirring.
"Come in," said the flower.
"I cannot," said the Sunbeam. "I am not strong enough to
unlock the door! When the summer comes I shall be
strong!"
"When will it be summer?" asked the Flower, and she
repeated this question each time a new sunbeam made its way down to
her. But the summer was yet fa
